Drawing room drama where nothing is at it seems

From: The Independent on Sunday (London, England) | Date: January 20, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Visual art Charles Darwent

Space to Draw Jerwood Space London

When bits of paper from Francis Bacon's studio were shown at the Barbican Gallery in 2001, there were squeals of rage from critics and art historians. Their problem lay less with the dubious way in which the bedoodled scraps had been acquired by the late artist's handyman than with the fact that they called into question a key Baconian myth: that he didn't draw. Geniuses of Bacon's kidney worked straight on to canvas, without need for preparation or study. Drawing was for sissies.

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