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‪♦️"Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" 1953 by British painter, Francis Bacon (1909-1992), ♦️‬Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa♦️♦️♦️ This is Francis Bacon's 1953 painting in which he distorted Spanish artist Diego Velázquez' "Portrait of Innocent X," 1650 painting into a nightmarish icon of hysterical terror.♦️ Bacon never painted from life, preferring to use a variety of visual source material, including photographs both found (including in movie stills, medical text books and 19th century journals) ♦️ He only viewed Velázquez' original "Portrait of Innocent X" once, deliberately avoiding to see it until years after he completed his "Pope Series."♦️ Often called an Expressionist or even a Surrealist, Bacon himself strongly rejected both labels. ♦️He insisted that in its own way his work was close to the world we see every day, remaining true to what he called "the brutality of fact."♦️ Bacon concentrates all the violence of the brushstroke in the human form, using the agitated pictorial material to embody the convulsions of the flesh. ♦️To achieve this effect, Bacon at times hurls handfuls of paint against the canvas, forming it subsequently with his hands, the paintbrush, or other direct means. ♦️In these ways he affirms his presence in all its "brutality of facts." ♦️Amen! ♦️♦️♦️ #francisbacon #britishartist #modernart #modernartist #popeinnocentx #popeseries #thescream #brutalityoffact #portraiture #abstract #surrealism #expressionism #desmoinesartcenter #iowa #arttours #artoflooking #artoftheday #arttalk #artbite #arttours #loveart #artblogging #artobserved #artoflooking #museums #diegovelazquez #spanishartist #baroqueartist #baroqueart ♦️♦️♦️

I don’t think I could recommend this book enough. #davidsylvester #interviewswithfrancisbacon #brutalityoffact #art #artist

Opening tomorrow, Don McCullin's retrospective. I feel utterly inadequate to post any of his great work and the 260 handmade prints in the show, as it would do them no justice. The brutality of fact of his work and the stunningly toned prints are from an era that photography is above all craft, not a snapshot. An analogue process of making that is miles away from digital. In many ways digital photography democratised the medium but in the process lost its soul. McCullin's photographs are soulful and heavy with responsibility to the people depicted. Not easy to digest and despite their technical beauty they are an exposé of the ugliness of humanity but his gaze is questioning and puts us in many uncomfortable situations, where we get to question our own motives for looking at the work. It's not easy but it's necessary. #dontmissit #DonMcCullin #photography #noeasyanswers #craft #TateBritain #uneasybeauty #brutalityoffact #artoninstagram #LondonGalleries #oneofthegreats #LondonLife #LondonCalling #LondonbyLondoners

One more installation shot of the Don McCullin retrospective. Very simply done, allowing the work to speak for itself. #dontmissit #DonMcCullin #photography #noeasyanswers #craft #TateBritain #uneasybeauty #brutalityoffact #artoninstagram #LondonGalleries #oneofthegreats #LondonLife #LondonCalling #LondonbyLondoners

Absolutely incredible how busy it is for the first weekend day of Don McCullin's retrospective. Always heartening when great work resonates with so many people out there. It gladdens my jaded heart. #dontmissit #DonMcCullin #photography #noeasyanswers #craft #TateBritain #uneasybeauty #brutalityoffact #artoninstagram #LondonGalleries #oneofthegreats #LondonLife #LondonCalling #LondonbyLondoners #orderlyqueue #strangersinmyfeed #randomstrangers #peoplewatching

Some morsels of wisdom courtesy of the great Don McCullin. An exceptional photographer and empathetic human being. And doesn't that Bradford interior feel very much like a painting from the Camden Town Group with its shallow depth of field and use of allover pattern? Great to show the other half around it after hours, having proper quiet time with such magnificent prints and unflinching subject matter. #dontmissit #DonMcCullin #photography #noeasyanswers #craft #TateBritain #uneasybeauty #brutalityoffact #artoninstagram #LondonGalleries #oneofthegreats #LondonLife #LondonCalling #LondonbyLondoners #blackandwhite #chasinglight

Interest #dontmissit #DonMcCullin #photography #noeasyanswers #craft #TateBritain #uneasybeauty #brutalityoffact #artoninstagram #LondonGalleries #oneofthegreats #LondonLife #strangerinmyfeed #peoplewatching #randomstrangers #LondonCalling #LondonbyLondoners

Had another look around the Don McCullin retrospective and once more was astounded by the quality of his printing and above all the humanity. Will miss this show so badly when it closes on May 6th. Protester, Cuban missile crisis, Whitehall, London 1962 #dontmissit #DonMcCullin #photography #protest #noeasyanswers #craft #TateBritain #uneasybeauty #brutalityoffact #artoninstagram #LondonGalleries #oneofthegreats #LondonLife #LondonCalling #LondonbyLondoners #closingsoon #blackandwhite

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