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Category Archives: photography
TWO LECTURES AT THE HUGH LANE: FRANCIS BACON – IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
It was great to present two lectures on Francis Bacon’s use of photographic sources at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, where Bacon’s studio material is held today. Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography, Public Lecture, 24 July … Continue reading
VIDEO TALK: FRANCIS BACON – IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Hear me talk about my research on Francis Bacon’s pictorial sources on The Estate of Francis Bacon’s official youtube channel: video talk My book Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting is now available … Continue reading
FRANCIS BACON – IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
I am very proud that my book Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting will be published by De Gruyter in April 2022. It is based on my PhD research and thus marks the … Continue reading
LEE MILLER LECTURE AT BUCHENWALD
As part of the international MWW-Summer School 2021 ‘Collection Spaces – Räume des Sammelns’, I will be presenting the lecture ‘‘Das Goethehaus ist ziemlich mitgenommen‘ – Lee Millers Blick auf Buchenwald und Weimar’ at the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation … Continue reading
Posted in archive, art, art history, Event, photographer, photography, research, talk
Tagged Buchenwald, Concentration Camp, lee miller, MWW
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NEO RAUCH WITH A HINT OF BACON
My review of Neo Rauch’s exhibition Handlauf, which I saw at Galerie EIGEN+ART in Leipzig last year, has just been published by the open access art journal kunsttexte.de (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). My text discusses the painter’s attempts to avoid plain … Continue reading
Posted in art, art criticism, art history, expertise, painting, publication, research, writing
Tagged EIGEN+ART, Francis Bacon, KUNSTTEXTE, Neo Rauch
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“TAKE IT VERY MUCH FURTHER…” ON JSTOR
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
Posted in art, art history, digital, expertise, painting, photographer, photography, publication, research, writing
Tagged Appropriation, Francis Bacon, John Deakin
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EDWARD BURTYNSKY
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
KILL YOUR DARLINGS
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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Tagged Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, closing event, Francis Bacon, Kill your Darlings – Francis Bacons Porträts nach fotografischen Vorlagen, Lecture, Vortrag, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt
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FRANCIS BACON NEW STUDIES
My review of Francis Bacon – New Studies: Centenary Essays was just published on ‘on artbooks’ the blog by artbooksonline. You can read it here: New Studies review
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Tagged 7 Reece Mews, artbooksonline, British Art, Conservation, Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon Centenary Essays, Francis Bacon New Studies, Gilles Deleuze, Helmar Lerski, on artbooks, review, Walter Sickert
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