Artist Francis Bacon's lifetime cumulative chaos transported to the Irish Museum

Francis Bacon's studio
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  By Margarita Cappock
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  Merrell Publishers Limited, 2005, 240 pages, hardcover, $59.95

Francis Bacon [1909-1992] was born in Ireland and his parents were British. Today he is recognized as one of the most important post-war painters. His disturbing oil portraits are collected by the world's major museum collections. The main reason for Bacon is his symbolic, terrible portrait of Pope Innocent X. London/New York publisher Merrell used his unique [read unimaginable messy] studio installation as his springboard to create an authoritative, retrospective coffee table in Bacon. Career and life.

Six years after his death in 1992, the contents of his rather narrow London studio were donated to the Dublin City Council in Ireland, understood that it would be re-created there, with all its contents intact for public viewing. It's easier said than done, because since 1961 Bacon's home and studio have collected a total of 7,500 items - a treasure trove of art historians' precious artifacts. Here are two compelling stories: content cataloging, transport and reassembly challenges across the Irish Sea to Dublin studios [front doors, painted walls and all], then historically related uncovered items The importance of Bacon's entire work.

"Maintaining the studio in full accordance with the status quo is critical to experience," Dr. Capuk wrote. Therefore, a team of photographers, archaeologists, protectors and curators began work to develop indoor archaeological excavations to create detailed charts that determine the exact location of each project/stand/suspension in order to rebuild the space. Quite accurate. Today, the rebuilt studio opens to Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Charlemont House, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland.

Undoubtedly, piles of newspaper clippings, photos, sketches, catalogues, books and even large canvases are inextricably linked to Bacon's work. Dr. Kapok found his inspiration for each stage in this piece. . Art development. Some of the many graphic images Bacon collected during his life showed the terrible foundation of most of his output: slaughter, meat corpses and assassination of President Kennedy. Other photos show the theme of his commissioned portraits, including Mick Jagger. On the last page, the reader has received a detailed internal view of the evolution of Francis Bacon's creativity.

For anyone who has built a 20th-century art library, this impressive book, Francis Bacon's studio, is a must.

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