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Francis Bacon'la Söylesiler

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Francis Bacon'la Söylesiler

232 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

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David Sylvester

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Anthony David Bernard Sylvester CBE, (21 September 1924; London – 19 June 2001; London) was a British art critic and curator. During a long career David Sylvester was influential in promoting modern art in Britain, in particular the work of Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon.

Born into a well connected north-London Jewish family, Sylvester had trouble as a student at University College School and was thrown out of the family home. He wrote for the paper Tribune and went to Paris in 1947 where he met Alberto Giacometti one of the strongest influences on him. Though writing for a range of publications as a critic including The Observer and New Statesman the main thrust of his writing that direct response to the artwork was most important remained constant. Sylvester is credited with coining the term kitchen sink originally to describe a strand of post-war British painting typified by John Bratby. Sylvester used the phrase negatively but it was widely applied to other art forms including literature and theatre. During the 1950s Sylvester worked with Henry Moore, Freud and Bacon but also supported Richard Hamilton and the other 'Young Turks' of British pop art. This led him to become a prominent media figure in the 1960s. During the 1960s and 70s Sylvester occupied a number of roles at the Arts Council of Great Britain serving on advisory panels and on the main panel. In 1969 he curated a Renoir exhibition at the Hayward Gallery for which he was assisted by a young Nicholas Serota.

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January 5, 2025
David Sylvester’ın diyaloğu ilginç yerlere çekme ve neredeyse insanüstü gözlem ve bağlantı kurma kabiliyeti bu kitabı okunabilir kılıyor. Salt Bacon’ın cevaplarını okumuş olsaydım belki 1, belki 2 yıldız verirdim. O kadar sevmediğim tipte bir kişilik ki, sanata yaklaşımını ilginç bulsam da (ki bu repetitif) genel tutumu ruhumu emdi. Fikren katılmadığım insanların perspektifine yer açma konusunda iyi bir egzersiz oldu. Picasso, Duchamp, Velázquez gibi kişiliklerin sanatına açılan kapılar Bacon’ın söyleşi üstüne söyleşi dolayında tekrarlayıp durduğu “tesadüf silsilesine göre manipülasyon” çıkış noktasından ayrı yerlere taşıdığı için diyaloğu, minnettarım. Birkaç işi bizzat dikkatimi çekti. Onları ayriyetten inceleyeceğim. Hiç tanımamış olmayı dilerdim.
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January 23, 2025
Kitap renkli resim içeriği için bile bence 5 yıldız. İçerik noktasında tatmin edici bacon için aklınızda sorular varsa bunları karşılıyor. Geri kalanını da bence Bacon da bilmiyor. Ya da zaten bunla ilgilenmiyor.
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