tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764031298725301479.post8518291848372794872..comments2024-02-15T06:07:24.348-05:00Comments on get visual: Francis Bacon at the Metropolitan Museum of Artdavid brickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535127444912888160noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764031298725301479.post-39011611171371787872009-08-26T13:15:27.129-04:002009-08-26T13:15:27.129-04:00I still don't like Bob Dylan. I think I was mo...I still don't like Bob Dylan. I think I was moving toward being able to get him, but then he grew that mustache and set me back an easy two decades.J. Eric Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136264926149907277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764031298725301479.post-6419180930172678052009-08-18T15:22:17.818-04:002009-08-18T15:22:17.818-04:00Arthur,
I imagine you are far from being alone in ...Arthur,<br />I imagine you are far from being alone in your disbelief over Bacon's success. I was confounded by his early popularity, but really thought the work got better with time. I used to think the same thing about Bob Dylan - that he was all persona - but now I find I like his music a lot. Many would also say that about Andy Warhol. Yet all three have had profound and lasting influence and, in my book, were/are sincere (even Andy in his ironic way). As for pulling our leg - isn't that what today's "great" artists (i.e. Damien Hirst et al) are all doing? Maybe Bacon was a pioneer in that!<br />dbdavid brickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535127444912888160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764031298725301479.post-69748951996576923422009-08-18T10:06:46.306-04:002009-08-18T10:06:46.306-04:00Am I the only philistine that doesn't like Bac...Am I the only philistine that doesn't like Bacon? Every one I know has raved about this show. I went and saw it too, but aside from his monumental dog paintings and a few of the screaming pope paintings, I thought that bacon was just pulling our collective leg. His greatest creation seems to have been his persona.Arthur Brusohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218261885083429613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764031298725301479.post-68251891421881312282009-08-17T15:56:50.354-04:002009-08-17T15:56:50.354-04:00Oh, I'm jealous . . . I love, love, LOVE Bacon...Oh, I'm jealous . . . I love, love, LOVE Bacon and wish I'd had the chance to get down there for the show!!!J. Eric Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136264926149907277noreply@blogger.com