The above image, titled Unknown Woman, 1930s, was taken Soho photographer John Deakin. It may or may not be famous artist Francis Bacon in drag.
According to The Guardian, collection manager of the Deakin Archive Paul Rousseau became a bit obsessed with this theory, proposed by commenters in a prior article. He used the same ForensicaGPS facial recognition software used by law enforcement and the CIA to match up various facial features, folds and droops between the Unknown Woman and the very, very known man. The Guardian is totally impressed with this, saying that the visual “evidence” is “if not conclusive, then certainly startling.” Except…
One question still remains. While the face is very much like Bacon’s and the mole on the model’s chest closely matches that which can be seen in the famous picture of Bacon holding two sides of meat, it is impossible to ignore the substantial cleavage… The origin of the cleavage may be one art mystery that never gets solved.
As part of Christie's upcoming "Out of the Ordinary" sale in September, there's a set of eight paintbrushes reportedly used by the legendary painter Francis Bacon up for grabs. Seeing as the artist's most stunning and raw portrait paintings already sell for millions of dollars at auction, the estimated value of just over $38,000 seems to be…
Tender, erotic, and grotesque all at once, "Symbiosis" is a new multimedia series from Chicago-based photographer Rik Garrett. Through a fairly simple union of photos and acrylic paint, Garrett is able to conjure strange and complex visceral reactions, reminiscent of Francis Bacon. The images explore "ideas regarding love, relationships, magic,…
There's a lot of coverage of China's mass reproduction industry -- from the Dafen Oil Painting Village documentary shots by Haibo Yu to Michael Wolf's portraits of the copy artists with their copies of Francis Bacon, Chuck Close and Ed Ruscha. There are also conceptual art projects like Phil Thompson's censored art in museums…
