The Francis Bacon exhibit at the Met is possibly one of the best exhibit's I have ever seen. Not only do I love the work, but the way the show was composed made the work that much better. The work was arranged in such a way that it told his story. Each room and each work had a blurb describing what was going on in his life at the time and how his work reflected his state of mind. Bacon used photographs as his inspiration, often using prints as stencils for his paintings. One of my favorite parts of the show was the room exhibiting a collection of the prints his used over and over again. Silver prints covered in paint, cut up, torn, destroyed...they were works of art in themselves. The show ends on August 16th.
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