7 Reece Mews by John Edwards

7 Reece Mews by John Edwards

One of the most powerful painters of our age, Francis Bacon lived and worked for the last thirty years of his life in a modest building in London's South Kensington. After he died in 1992, access was granted to award-winning photographer Perry Ogden to work undisturbed for days on end to produce this riveting record of the house and its contents. In the studio itself, thirty years of inspired artistic endeavor had accumulated unchecked: the slashed and discarded canvases scattered across the floor; the brushes, rags, and tins encrusted with paint; the doors and walls used as impromptu palettes; the piles of photographs of friends and models; the crumpled and torn pages of magazines and books that served as a stimulus for Bacon's work; the notes, sketches, and ideas for paintings jotted down and then cast aside; the last unfinished self-portrait on the easel. For some of those close to Bacon, the studio was a heroic statement, a work of art in its own right, secretly constructed over many years to distill and give form to his aesthetic intentions. Now in this astonishing book we are invited to take a privileged look around this private space, to become intimate witnesses to the amazing conditions in which Bacon lived and worked, to gain unrivaled insights into how, why, and what he painted. 60 color photographs.

'Stunning' - Condé Nast Traveller
'Extraordinary' - Image

John Edwards was a close friend of Francis Bacon’s for the last twenty years of the artist’s life. Perry Ogden is a British fashion and documentary photographer, and film director, based in Dublin.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780500510346
ISBN 10	0500510342
Title	7 Reece Mews
Author	John Edwards
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2001-05-24
Number of pages	120
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.