"Head VI", 1949 Yes, the show will travel from London to Madrid and New York, but why wait; you’ll just have the chance to savor its wealth of pictures and background inspiration again and again. Bacon rose to genius, forged new vision that was utterly aesthetic and unique. The exhibition begins with intriguing video excerpts from BBC interviews with Bacon recorded in the mid 60s and early 70s. Articulate, insightful, the artist’s expressed thoughts set the stage for, and soften the sting of, perceived decadence in the pictures to come. He speaks of his fascination with the mouth: its beautiful colors and beguiling glint of teeth, the primal scream he found so riveting bursting from the nurse�... See full document!

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Title	Author	Medium	Type	Hits	Rating	Added
Francis Bacon Retrospective, Tate Britain, 9/11/08 to 1/4/09	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	463	5	26-Oct-08
White Ghost Girls	sakurachan	Document	Critical	188	5	26-Oct-08
4 Painterly Reasons to Hot Foot It To London Pronto: Classic, Moderns, Cutting Edge	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	366	5	9-Apr-08
Plant/Artist Collaborations	Herb Poole	Document	Critical	393	4.83	13-Mar-08
“Works on Paper, 2008”, Park Avenue Armory NYC	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	1205	5	3-Mar-08
No Country for Old Men	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	301	4.5	13-Jan-08
Diving Bell & Butterfly: At the Alter of Art (Audio)	TheYetter	Audio Track	Critical	319	5	12-Dec-07
Diving Bell & Butterfly: At the Alter of Art (Visual)	TheYetter	Document	Critical	339	4.83	12-Dec-07
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	361	5	8-Dec-07
Cranky Re: Gangster	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	281	4	7-Dec-07
Seurat Drawing Exhibition at MOMA	HermioneSG	Document	Critical	1040	4.5	20-Nov-07
William Steig Show at the Jewish Museum, New York	Anita Spertus	Document	Critical	1331	5	12-Nov-07
Carl Sesar: Poet Translator Extraordinaire	Anita Spertus	Document	Critical	1091	4.5	25-Oct-07
Equilibres	Herb Poole	Document	Critical	320	4.9	16-Aug-07
Impressions of Richard Serra at the MoMA	Katherine13	Document	Critical	271	4.8	20-Jun-07
A glance, and it is over	rj	Document	Critical	244	4.75	17-Jun-07
Sopranos Time	Gwenda Blair	Document	Critical	194	4.8	16-Jun-07
Putting the Sopranos to Rest	TheYetter	Document	Critical	404	4.86	13-Jun-07
Children of Men: Art & Artifice (Audio)	TheYetter	Audio Track	Critical	371	4.8	4-May-07
Children of Men: Art & Artifice (Visual)	TheYetter	Document	Critical	366	4.75	30-Apr-07