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Secrets Of The Flesh.(Francis Bacon's works )
Byline: Dodie Kazanjian.
As a major Francis Bacon retrospective comes to New York, six contemporary artists reflect on the creative impact and enduring legacy of the 20th-century painter.
Francis Bacon, who died in 1992, is the great chthonic dragon of modern art. His images of human anguish and dislocation have never lost their power to shock and frighten us, and to influence the generations of artists who still grapple with figurative painting, which not so long ago was considered obsolete. Next month, "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective" opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is certain to set off new and surprising reverberations. ...
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