Francis Bacon – John Allcock

Old Blue-Eyes said it for me.

09/01/202526/11/2020 by John

I like to think that I have sailed through the nine months of restriction because of the current pandemic with little trouble. In fact, I have almost boasted on occasions of the way in which the halting of several of my formerly regular activities has opened the way to a time of unusual productivity in … Read more

“All too human”

09/01/202510/06/2018 by John

Last week’s “raid” on London enabled me to take in the current exhibition at Tate Britain, entitled All too human. I’m still uncertain as to whether this is intended to refer to the artists represented there or to their subject-matter. The sub-title of the event was “Bacon, Freud and a century of painting life”, and … Read more