7 Reece Mews: Francis Bacon's Studio

by Francis Bacon, Perry Ogden (Photographer), John Edwards

Shortly after Francis Bacon died, one photographer was granted access to work undisturbed for days on end to produce this riveting record of the Kensington mews house in which Francis Bacon lived and worked for much of his life. In the studio itself, thirty years of inspired artistic endeavour had accumulated in tangible form - the last unfinished painting on the easel; the slashed, discarded canvases on the floor; brushes and paints; photographs of friends and models; pages torn from magazines and books that served visual stimulus for his work; doors and walls that seem to have been inpromptu palettes. Published now for the first time, together with photographs of Bacon's living quarters, kitchen and bedroom, his bookshelves stacked high with Aeschylus, T.S. Eliot and other volumes, trousers draped over a chair, a fractured mirror broken in who knows what incident, this is an astonishing document. Straightforwardly presented, it gives us the sense of having been invited in by Bacon as if he has briefly gone out to buy his newspapers. Some of those close to Bacon during his lifetime believe that his studio and its contents was an heroic statement, in the mould of Duchamp's great wo

Genres: Art, Photography

120 pages, Hardcover

First published September 24, 2001

About the author

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For the Elizabethan philosopher, see Francis Bacon.

In portraits of best known Irish-British painter Francis Bacon, terror invests distorted subjects.

Artwork of this figurative collateral descendant of the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon displays bold, austere, and often grotesque or nightmarish imagery.

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Reviews

[ComicNerdSam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Francis Bacon's studio was like another universe. I will never be tired of looking at it.

[Kas Molenaar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Francis Bacon zal me altijd blijven fascineren - zijn studio mogelijk nog meer. Erg mooi fotoboek!

[Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

damn bitch you really live like this?

[Joana Diniz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was expecting more texts. But this book still remains a good record of his studio.

[Dearwassily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much to look at unless you like images of paint smears and dirty studios and general mess (which I do).

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing but pictures of Bacon's studio, talk about creative destruction.