Francis Bacon

Le mot des éditeurs : "Le livre de Gilles Deleuze sur Francis Bacon est bien autre chose que l'étude d'un peintre par un philosophe. Est-il du reste "sur " Bacon, ce livre ? Et qui est le philosophe, qui est le peintre ? Nous voulons dire : qui pense, et qui regarde penser ? On peut certainement penser la peinture, on peut aussi peindre la pensée, y compris cette forme exaltante, violente, de la pensée qu'est la peinture. (…)

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, 30 years Bacon's junior, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life, Dyer dominates, Bacon is the masochist. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking and pill popping, and his satanic nightmares strain the relationship, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints, talks with wit, and, as Dyer spins out of control, begins to find him tiresome. Could Bacon care less?

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon - by John Maybury (1998)

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, 30 years Bacon's junior, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life, Dyer dominates, Bacon is the masochist. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking and pill popping, and his satanic nightmares strain the relationship, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints, talks with wit, and, as Dyer spins out of control, begins to find him tiresome. Could Bacon care less?

Un portrait romancé de Jessie Lightfoot, nourrice et confidente du peintre Francis Bacon. Venue des Cornouailles, celle-ci protège l'enfant des violences de son père.
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