Marlborough London presents Francis Bacon: Selected Graphics, an exhibition of prints by Francis Bacon (1909-1992).
Based on a selection of 35 of his paintings, Bacon’s graphic works reflect his relentless strive to “open the valves of feeling”. He acted as a self-proclaimed witness of mankind, setting himself the task of scrutinising the human condition. Human figures, although rarely absent from his compositions, are barely legible as human beings. However, Bacon did not seek violence for the sake of gruesomeness. He saw in the dismembered bodies a way to immerse himself in physiological torment, to grasp humanity in its rawest form. Stripping his compositions from any iconographical meaning or illustrative function, Bacon sought to obtain the “total recuperation of our physic forces”.
