francis bacon
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Francis Bacon: Studies of the Pope
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. Pope John Paul II The latest news in contemporary and modern art in New York, London, Paris and Berlin
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Francis Bacon ‘The Waste Land’ and ‘Head IV’ words by Mark O’ Faolain
–> Suddenly, I came to, my fingers forged across my face, Holding my head flooding waste land through the blur, Then I saw your tears suspended like black pearls, Standing ardently staring and pleading, full of shame and fear, Troubled and Torn… shakesn and scars Full of shame and fear: the threats were real, leaving to exact revenge, of what lies beneath the lies. Love is the devil. The latest news in contemporary and modern art in New York, London, Paris and Berlin
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A look at “Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective” at the Metropolitan Museum
He could light up the day with his wit and generosity; he could equally well plunge it into gloom; and part of the excitement of being with him lay in not knowing for long which way it would go. It was fascinating to watch such sudden changes and contradictions within one person…Bacon could not be pinned down. The closer you got to him, the more likely he was to turn nasty or simply disappear — to go through a wall into a life where you could not follow. – Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma The latest news in contemporary and modern art in New York, London, Paris and Berlin