I had a photo of Bacons studio that i was lucky enough to find on a double page spread in a news paper, on my studio wall at university 20 years ago. Fuck, I'd love to go and see it...in the flesh, so to speak!
Bacon was a mad genius! His studio was pure chaos. The book "Francis Bacon's Studio" by Margarita Cappock is quite remarkable. It details & diagrams every brush, tool, photo, & piece of detritus found on the floor of his studio. Unfortunately it's now out of print & rare. I'm fortunate enough to own a copy. There are copies being sold on eBay.
this is the original room. If you watch the film through, you'll hear how (and why) they completely and meticulously dismantled the studio in London, to move it to Dublin. It can be viewed year round in Dublin, and is well worth a visit!
I hung out with john a lot in the 90s he hade a place by my dads house in florida I got to see some of francis bacons art up close very awesome treat,john was a nice guy he was cool to drink with ill never forget those times
+virgil6091 I agree. John was a lovely bloke and a great friend to Francis. Sad that he died so young. I used to write his cheques for him in the Colony Room Club. I liked Philip too.
@@classicalmusic1175 course he was an Irishman. All the best artist poets come from Ireland. A typical Brit. If someone is good T something and live in Britain the brits claim there British 😂
En 1977 j'accompagnai mon amie Anne Feron à la Galerie Claude Bernard à Paris lors d'un vernissage de quelques oeuvres de FRANCIS BACON. Sa technique magistrale n'a jamais réussi à vaincre le malaise que je ressens en examinant l'autodestruction omniprésente. J'admire son oeuvre mais mais elle est insupportable pour moi , encore maintenant ! Claude Bernard a dit que je ne connaissais rien et que en tout cas je n'aurais pas les moyens d'acheter et que c'était surtout un placement d'argent !
His studio reminds me of my own. I can't create in a sterile environment, I need to have art, paint, mess, paper, all around me! Otherwise I feel like I'm creatively limited. Id seen other artists, paint or create in beautifully clear, white or neutral spaces and thought 'shit am I doing something wrong', but I think a lot of us enjoy the chaos of creation rather than doing it in measured capacities.
It's strange. Francis Bacon moved away from Ireland, probably because it wasn't a conducive environment for his artwork; he settled in London and created his masterpieces there. Naturally we would say his studio should remain there but it would be quite hypocritical of me to say that whilst at the same time revelling in the Elgin Marbles every time I go to the British Museum; despite them having a rightful home in the Parthenon. It's hard; and easy to fall on either side of the argument.
they took the contents and recreated it. what gets me FB lived and worked most of his life in London Ireland wasn't conducive to him in his lifetime. We should have kept it here
I understand your point, but if it had been left in 7 Reece Mews the public would not have had access to the studio (not least because of health and safety concerns), much of the source material used by Bacon in the formation of his images would still be a mystery, and many of the unfinished paintings found in the studio would not be accessible. It was really a case of documenting and moving a single room or allowing the whole thing to be permanently dismantled. Unless, of course, you have any better ideas of how the space could have been preserved and still provide Bacon scholars and people more generally interested in his work with access to the wealth of visual material now available?
![Bacon Meets Burroughs [Compiled & Coiled Edit]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2HZPvg671R0/mqdefault.jpg)
Great thing about art is also learning about the artist.
It’s still the greatest exhibition I’ve seen. Insightful and absolutely stunning
Such great art. Even his discarded stuff is amazing.
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Gets excited thinking this would be an amazing exhibition to attend, only to realise it was 12 years ago 🤣............ 😭
I had a photo of Bacons studio that i was lucky enough to find on a double page spread in a news paper, on my studio wall at university 20 years ago. Fuck, I'd love to go and see it...in the flesh, so to speak!
Bacon was a mad genius! His studio was pure chaos. The book "Francis Bacon's Studio" by Margarita Cappock is quite remarkable. It details & diagrams every brush, tool, photo, & piece of detritus found on the floor of his studio. Unfortunately it's now out of print & rare. I'm fortunate enough to own a copy. There are copies being sold on eBay.
Feel free to stop by with that book so I can check it out 😁
Beautiful art..
this is the original room. If you watch the film through, you'll hear how (and why) they completely and meticulously dismantled the studio in London, to move it to Dublin. It can be viewed year round in Dublin, and is well worth a visit!
I hung out with john a lot in the 90s he hade a place by my dads house in florida I got to see some of francis bacons art up close very awesome treat,john was a nice guy he was cool to drink with ill never forget those times
+virgil6091 I agree. John was a lovely bloke and a great friend to Francis. Sad that he died so young. I used to write his cheques for him in the Colony Room Club. I liked Philip too.
Fantastic loved this ! Thanks for sharing!
He was so brilliant.
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One of the best Irish artists of a generation
He was a Brit who just happened to be born in Ireland. He wasn't an Irishman.
@@classicalmusic1175 course he was an Irishman. All the best artist poets come from Ireland. A typical Brit. If someone is good T something and live in Britain the brits claim there British 😂
@@classicalmusic1175 how can you be a Brit born somewhere else you fool. He was an Irishman he only moved to London in his early twenties
@@classicalmusic1175 oh well if that’s the case the queen is Irish who happens to be born in Britain... shut the fcuk up you fool
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Genius.
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wonderfull art can born from every were
Great Bacon!
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En 1977 j'accompagnai mon amie Anne Feron à la Galerie Claude Bernard à Paris
lors d'un vernissage de quelques oeuvres de FRANCIS BACON.
Sa technique magistrale n'a jamais réussi à vaincre le malaise que je ressens
en examinant l'autodestruction omniprésente.
J'admire son oeuvre mais mais elle est insupportable pour moi , encore maintenant !
Claude Bernard a dit que je ne connaissais rien et que en tout cas je n'aurais pas les
moyens d'acheter et que c'était surtout un placement d'argent !
I would think he was proud to be born Irish that he gave to Ireland the very 'place' where he 'fought' with his 'gods and demons' ....
His studio reminds me of my own.
I can't create in a sterile environment, I need to have art, paint, mess, paper, all around me! Otherwise I feel like I'm creatively limited.
Id seen other artists, paint or create in beautifully clear, white or neutral spaces and thought 'shit am I doing something wrong', but I think a lot of us enjoy the chaos of creation rather than doing it in measured capacities.
I'd like to set that studio on fire, where's it been reassembled Dublin?
Fascinating aea
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Anybody know what the music is?
I'd like to know too - it works very well, unlike the drab Eno music I heard on an earlier Bacon documentary.
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I'll say this: Bacon definitely got the right people to see his shit.
It's strange. Francis Bacon moved away from Ireland, probably because it wasn't a conducive environment for his artwork; he settled in London and created his masterpieces there. Naturally we would say his studio should remain there but it would be quite hypocritical of me to say that whilst at the same time revelling in the Elgin Marbles every time I go to the British Museum; despite them having a rightful home in the Parthenon. It's hard; and easy to fall on either side of the argument.
Muckydoggy1 its because he gay
what about jarvis ace bacon
Rational reasons...formation of images doesn’t mean that you made it is understood as an art.
Rt
what a terrible shame moving the studio out of context. this should never, never have been allowed
did they actually move the studio or just recreate it? i couldnt tell... what happened to his original flat?... did they put it all back?
they took the contents and recreated it. what gets me FB lived and worked most of his life in London Ireland wasn't conducive to him in his lifetime. We should have kept it here
wow so the old place is rented out to someone else huh?
actually I have no idea presumably so.
I understand your point, but if it had been left in 7 Reece Mews the public would not have had access to the studio (not least because of health and safety concerns), much of the source material used by Bacon in the formation of his images would still be a mystery, and many of the unfinished paintings found in the studio would not be accessible. It was really a case of documenting and moving a single room or allowing the whole thing to be permanently dismantled. Unless, of course, you have any better ideas of how the space could have been preserved and still provide Bacon scholars and people more generally interested in his work with access to the wealth of visual material now available?
I wonder what Bacon would of made of these peoples arrogant claims that they know 'exactly' how he made his work? Bunch of vultures.