Francis Bacon and the practice of painting

Jarvis, Mike (2009) Francis Bacon and the practice of painting. Journal of Visual Art Practice, 8 (3). pp. 181-193. ISSN 1470-2029

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Abstract

This article addresses the question about why painting continues to be relevant in our contemporary cultural climate. A key reason can be located in the means by which the material of paint can be utilized, manipulated, and perceived through entire sensory and bodily mechanisms. As the practice of Francis Bacon (1909–1992) demonstrates, it is within the elusive behaviour and handling of pigment that the full transformative potential of painting can be released. In fact it can activate a whole field of sensory responses on the part of painter and viewer. The painter can manipulate the material to achieve a variety of effects but needs also to acknowledge how the material can potentially assume an independent life of its own, an almost unruly character. The strength and enduring quality of painting which links modern to postmodern practice, lies in its potential to utilise the painter's tacit skills as well as releasing the inherent and ‘unruly’ qualities of the pigment. The potential of painting practice lies within the orbit of the individual painter who can recognize implicitly how to let the paint ‘work’ according to the needs of the image being constructed.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Copyright property of Intellect Ltd. Verison used in this repository is not the publisher copy. See DOI for original publisher copy.
Uncontrolled Keywords: material, painting, perceptual, practice, sensory, transformative
Subjects: W900 Others in Creative Arts and Design
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User: EPrint Services
Date Deposited: 26 Mar 2010 12:53
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 11:30
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/1244

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