Francis Bacon: Couplings Kunsthalle Basel frenetic lines that recall Asian

frenetic lines that recall Asian calligraphic characters and pre-Columbian hieroglyphs

This book by photographer and writer Sally Mann explores the challenges and pleasures of the creative process

In an interview with Brooklyn Rail publisher and artistic director Phong Bui

reflecting on their experiences with the artist during the 1980s in Los Angeles

Francis Bacon: Couplings Kunsthalle Basel frenetic lines that recall AsianThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Francis Bacon: Couplings at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. It highlights a theme that preoccupied Bacon throughout his career: the relationshipboth physical and psychologicalbetween two people. At its heart are two of the most uninhibited images that Bacon ever painted: Two Figures (1953) and Two Figures in the Grass (1954). After completing these interrelated works, Bacon did not return to