Category Archives: art

“TAKE IT VERY MUCH FURTHER…” ON JSTOR

Posted on March 29, 2021 by katharina guenther

My essay “‘Take it very much further away from the photograph’ – How Francis Bacon (1909–1992) appropriated the photographs of John Deakin (1912–1972)”, which I published in the British Art Journal in winter 2018/2019, is now available on Jstor: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48584557

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LEE MILLER REVIEW

Posted on March 15, 2021 by katharina guenther

My first publication ever in German, “Das Unglaubliche Glauben”, is a review of the Lee Miller exhibition Lee Miller: To believe it! I saw in Erfurt last year. You can read it in Foto Marburg’s current Rundbrief Fotografie.

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ON THE TRAIL OF FRANCIS BACON

Posted on August 6, 2019 by katharina guenther

Many years of blood, sweat and tears came to an end when I submitted my PhD thesis and passed my viva at the University of Cologne this summer. On the Trail of Francis Bacon – Painting from Photography explores the … Continue reading →

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BRITISH ART JOURNAL

Posted on March 30, 2019 by katharina guenther

In 2016 I did a research project with The John Deakin Archive on the artistic exchange between John Deakin and Francis Bacon. ‘Take it very much further away from the photograph’, an essay on how Bacon appropriated Deakin’s photographs, has … Continue reading →

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FiSH NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE

Posted on December 10, 2018 by katharina guenther

‘FiSH Neighbourhood Care aims to inspire a caring community where older people live fulfilling, independent lives knowing that help willingly given by neighbours is at hand.’ I am delighted to contribute to their programme with a free lecture on Francis … Continue reading →

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CONNOISSEURSHIP CONFERENCE

Posted on October 6, 2018 by katharina guenther

‘In other words, less emphasis is put on the knowledge of art and familiarity with it’s research material.’ I am looking forward to speaking at the conference ‘Connoisseurship in Contemporary Art Research’ taking place in Helsinki in November and organised by … Continue reading →

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INFLUENCE AND INSPIRATION

Posted on July 27, 2018 by katharina guenther

We just launched new material on the ‘Influence & Inspiration’ behind Francis Bacon’s art on francis-bacon.com. I had the great pleasure of planning and authoring the section with entries on Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, Sergei Eisenstein, Lucian Freud, John … Continue reading →

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EDWARD BURTYNSKY

Posted on June 22, 2018 by katharina guenther

As of late the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is embracing augmented reality in his work – with mixed results. I reviewed his Master of Photography display at Photo London 2018 for SuperMassiveBlackHole. You can read the text here

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ALL TOO HUMAN

Posted on March 21, 2018 by katharina guenther

Tate invited me to take part in a talk and panel discussion on the concept of ‘Gaze’ in relationship to their current exhibition All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, 28 February – 27 August 2018. … Continue reading →

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KILL YOUR DARLINGS

Posted on January 7, 2018 by katharina guenther

The Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Germany, is currently staging a fantastic show on portrait painting and photography, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt (Desire & Reality: The Influence of Photography on Portraiture’). I will be giving … Continue reading →

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