Published on the occasion of the exhibition Bacon-Giacometti held at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, April 29-September 2, 2018. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword and acknowledgements -- Violence and compulsion / Catherine Grenier -- Bacon-Giacometti: introduction to the exhibition / Ulf Küster -- London, Tate Gallery, July 13, 1965 -- Isabel Rawsthorne -- La Cage -- Screaming and silence -- Obsession -- Time and space -- Love and aggression -- Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti: parallel visions of a terrible truth / Michael Peppiatt -- Remaking the human image: Reality and the photographic image in the work of Giacometti and Bacon / Hugo Daniel -- Alberto Giacometti: a biography / Sylvie Felber -- Francis Bacon: a biography / Sylvie Felber -- List of exhibited works.
Summary:
"Bacon and Giacometti both take the human figure as their main point of artistic reference. Both occupy themselves with the fragmented and deformed body. Moreover, they devote themselves to portraiture and the depiction of human individuality in an almost obsessive manner... The exhibition comprises 100 paintings and sculptures from major museums and private collections in Europe and the USA." Fondation Beyeler exhibition webpage. https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/bacon-giacometti/
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