Interviews with Francis Bacon harry clarke book “Nicola Gordon Bowe has undoubtedly

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Interviews with Francis Bacon harry clarke book “Nicola Gordon Bowe has undoubtedlyThe extraordinarily revealing interviews with Francis Bacon conducted over a period of 25 years by the distinguished art critic David Sylvester amount to a unique statement by Bacon on his art and on art in general. In the book, a classic of its kind, Bacon considers the problems of realism and sheds new light on aspects of his life. With a rare and brilliant use of language, Bacon talks about his aims as a painter and ways in which he works,