David Sylvester (1924–2001)
Autore di Interviews with Francis Bacon
Sull'Autore
David Sylvester is an internationally renowned art critic who in 1993 became the first art critic to receive a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale. (Bowker Author Biography)
Opere di David Sylvester
Rene Magritte Catalogue Raisonne IV: Oil Temperas, Watercolors, Gouches and Papier Colles.. (1994) 4 copie
Islamic carpets from the Joseph V. McMullan collection: [catalogue of an exhibition held at the] Hayward Gallery,… — Autore, alcune edizioni — 4 copie
Alberto Giacometti: sculpture, paintings, drawings; [exhibition] Tate Gallery, 17 July-30 August 1965 (1965) 3 copie
Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonne : III Oil Paintings, Objects, and Bronzes 1949-1967 (1993) 3 copie
John Cage 2 copie
Bacon 2 copie
Great Stories Volume 6/Issue 23 1 copia
Great Stories Volume 6/Issue 24 1 copia
Great Stories Volume 7/Issue 26 1 copia
Great Stories Volume 7/Issue 25 1 copia
BACON 2004 Francis 1 copia
Ren� Magritte - Part IV: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Coll�s (Mercatorfonds) (1994) 1 copia
MOORE 1968 Henry, Henry Moore 1 copia
Great Stories 1 copia
Bacon 1 copia
Giacometti. Thirteen Bronzes. 1 copia
David Bomberg 1 copia
Magritte - Arts Council 1969 1 copia
Henry Moore Dessins 1 copia
Jasper Johns: JFMAMJJASOND 1 copia
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- Altri nomi
- Sylvester, Anthony David Bernard
- Data di nascita
- 1924-09-21
- Data di morte
- 2001-06-18
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
Paris, France - Istruzione
- University College School
- Attività lavorative
- art critic
curator - Relazioni
- Mackay, Shena (partner)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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The exhibition at the Hayward Gallery was a really great retrospective with lots of fantastic work spanning decades. Her paintings are miracles. This book is lovely and well produced, and a nice reminder of it. The essays are interesting though some of them do cover similar ground but I always learn something reading about Bridget Riley's work and methods.
A thorough and detailed discussion of Irish-British painter Francis Bacon’s (1909-1992) work and process. The interviews in the book were melded from a series of interviews over a period of twenty-five years with David Sylvester, a writer, art critic and authority on Bacon.
There are a few subjects Sylvester returns to more than once and teases out. Bacon’s preference for painting portraits from photographs rather than the seated person. “They inhibit me.” His affinity for a sense of meat in paintings, religious imagery, using triptychs as a format. His preference for not telling a story or narrative with his paintings. “The moment the story enters, the boredom comes upon you.”
There’s some discussion of how Bacon’s world view affects his work. “I’m always surprised when I wake up in the morning,” and “You can be optimistic and totally without hope.”
There are color plates of many of Bacon’s unsetting images and in some cases the sources of their inspiration. The book itself is physically substantial, of high quality with thick glossy pages and the many illustrations. David Sylvester is a penetrating interviewer. Bacon is an honest and articulate subject. It makes for a fascinating series of interviews and book.… (altro)
There are a few subjects Sylvester returns to more than once and teases out. Bacon’s preference for painting portraits from photographs rather than the seated person. “They inhibit me.” His affinity for a sense of meat in paintings, religious imagery, using triptychs as a format. His preference for not telling a story or narrative with his paintings. “The moment the story enters, the boredom comes upon you.”
There’s some discussion of how Bacon’s world view affects his work. “I’m always surprised when I wake up in the morning,” and “You can be optimistic and totally without hope.”
There are color plates of many of Bacon’s unsetting images and in some cases the sources of their inspiration. The book itself is physically substantial, of high quality with thick glossy pages and the many illustrations. David Sylvester is a penetrating interviewer. Bacon is an honest and articulate subject. It makes for a fascinating series of interviews and book.… (altro)
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Hagelstein | 1 altra recensione | Feb 9, 2021 |
Hagelstein | 1 altra recensione | Feb 9, 2021 | A good book but I was hoping for some juicy interviews. Mostly David Sylvester asks him about his methods, materials, a lot of stuff that's specific to oil painting, not a lot of hot goss in here. It's nice that Francis Bacon didn't get his start until he was 35, nor did he ever get to school, and I liked the part where he describes painting a screaming mouth like Monet paints a sunset. You gotta really want to know about his process, I really wanted to know about his boyfriends.
1 uncleflannery | 1 altra recensione | May 16, 2020 |
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