Melvyn Bragg Francis Bacon. The english painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner. Highly enjoyable, “the francis bacon opera” is a 2012 musical adaptation by the experimental composer stephen crowe of a 1985 melvyn bragg interview with the then controversial painter francis bacon:
Born a month into the second world war, melvyn bragg celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend. Francis bacon documentary from 1985 discussing the artists life and work. Francis bacon, whose £90 million painting broke auction records this week, was a man of obsessive extremes by melvyn bragg 15 november 2013 • 7:49pm 'he carried his own atmosphere around with him.
(A Slightly Drunken Conversation Between The Two Of Them, Captured On The South Bank Show) — Donnacha Dennehy.
Francis bacon documentary from 1985 discussing the artists life and work. 28th april 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of bacon's death, and this is a fitting, concise tribute to an artistic genius. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 cd release of francis bacon in conversation with melvyn bragg on discogs.
Arena For London Weekend Television, The South Bank Show, 1985.
Viewers first encounter a continuously running video of melvyn bragg's interview with bacon in his studio from the south bank show, shot in 1985. He was born 28 october 1909 in dublin, ireland and died 28 april 1992 in madrid, spain. Scholarly sparring with the best minds of his generation, touching knuckles with norman mailer, getting gore vidal on the ropes, flooring francis bacon (whilst both steaming drunk).
The Artist And Melvyn Bragg Get Slowly But Surely Steaming On Red Wine Whilst Talking About His (Bacon's) Work And Other Related (Alcohol Invoked) Subjects.
The documentary features a series of conversations between bacon and interviewer melvyn bragg, and eventually devolves into hanging out with. Then bragg enters the picture. P artying with francis bacon, as i often did over the 30 years we were.
While Interviewer Melvyn Bragg Gives A Brief Overview Of Bacon's Childhood And Early Career.
Arena for london weekend television, the south bank show, 1985. Bacon, a selection of whose paintings are currently on show at gagosian london. Well, when melvyn bragg interviewed francis bacon, and decided to hold the interview over a few glasses of wine, this moment was captured on television forever.
What Makes This South Bank Show Documentary So Utterly Brilliant Is The Honesty And Directness With Which Bacon Answers Bragg’s Questions.
Melvyn bragg was born on october 6, 1939 in wigton, cumbria, england. As part of the south bank show series, director david hinton and interviewer melvyn bragg accompany francis bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the tate gallery, london, in 1985. C.1/6 sensation without the boredom of its conveyance ref.
