Book description
The extraordinarily revealing interviews with Francis Bacon conducted over a period of 25 years by the distinguished art critic David Sylvester amount to a unique statement by Bacon on his art and on art in general. In the book, a classic of its kind, Bacon considers the problems of realism…
Why read it?
1 author picked Interviews with Francis Bacon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I'm not sure how much of these interviews are profound truths about the foundations of Bacon's work and how much are clever marketing tying his work to art history, but I don't care.
I ate up these interviews like a starving dog. I believe that Bacon's work ties solidly to centuries of painting tradition and don't believe that verbal defense or explanation is necessary given the incontrovertible visual arguments Bacon has made already.
Sell me, Francis, sell me.
From Dan's list on Dan Hermes' favorite books of interviews and letters with geniuses.
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