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August 23, 2005
Francis Bacon's paintings are disturbing.They present us with images of unremitting human pain and suffering.
"The human beings in Bacon's pictures seem half-animal, or half-reptilian. Sometimes they have the whiteness of death; sometimes they are white and red, like joints of meat...He wants to make the animal come through the human being; and he wants the paint itself to carry its own implications..."
Francis Bacon: The Observer Profile, The Observer Weekend Review, Sunday, 27th May, 1962.
Francis Bacon, Figure with Meat, 1954
You can understand why critics, film makers and philosophers analyze the sensational affect of Bacon's images.
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