Francis Bacon : painting, philosophy, psychoanalysis / edited by Ben Ware ; [contributors] Howard Caygill, [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ware, Ben (Research Fellow), editor, contributor.

Caygill, Howard, contributor.

Series:

Francis Bacon studies ; 2.

Francis Bacon Studies ; II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992--Criticism and interpretation.

Bacon, Francis.

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992.

Painters--Great Britain--20th century.

Painters.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

176 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2019.

Summary:

The second in a series of books that seeks to illuminate Francis Bacon's art and motivations, and to open up fresh and stimulating ways of understanding his paintings. Francis Bacon is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works continue to puzzle and unnerve viewers, raising complex questions about their meaning. Over recent decades, two theoretical approaches to Bacon's work have come to hold sway: firstly, that Bacon is an existentialist painter, depicting an absurd and godless world; and secondly, that he is an anti-representational painter, whose primary aim is to bring his work directly onto the spectator's "nervous system". 'Francis Bacon: Painting, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis' brings together some of today's leading philosophers and psychoanalytic critics to go beyond established readings of Bacon and to open up radically new ways of thinking about his art. The essays bring Bacon into dialogue with figures such as Aristotle, Hegel, Freud, Lacan, Adorno and Heidegger, as well as situating his work in the broader contexts of modernism and modernity. The result is a timely and thought-provoking collection that will be essential reading for anyone interested in Bacon, modern art and contemporary aesthetics.

Contents:

Howard Caygill / Bacon's Cynegetic Vision

Scratching the Surface: Distance and Intimacy in Study of Henrietta Moraes

Laughing / Gregg M. Horowitz

Revisiting the Mirror Phase / Darian Leader

From Deconstruction to Plasticity: Morphing Francis Bacon / Catherine Malabou

From Sense to Sensation: Bacon, Pasting Paint and the Futility of Lacanian Psychoanalysis / Dany Nobus

The Imposture of the Self-Portrait / Renata Salecl

Looking the Negative in the Face: Modernist Painting after Affect / Ben Ware

Bacon and the Art of Objective Humour / Alenka Zupancic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780500970980

050097098X

OCLC:

1096530971