This selection of paintings Francis Bacon made in the last fifteen years of his life (1977 — 1992) shows how, by employing
a seemingly narrow range of subjects, he created an impressive variety of pictures.
Although a
seemingly narrow focus, this exhibition presents a vast
range of ideas, approaches, styles, and
subject matter by masters
of realism, including Tom Martin, Roberto Bernardi, and Alyssa Monks.
Working with the
seemingly narrow subject of his own face, Close has produced a richly varied trove that
ranges from intimately scaled collage maquettes and fingerprint drawings to monumental gridded canvases; from the sharp definition
of certain photographic techniques to the ghostly blurs
of daguerreotypes and holograms; from the tactile complexity
of paper pulp editions to the smooth, mechanical surfaces
of Polaroids and digital ink - jet prints; from the subtle tonalities
of gray - scale paintings and drawings to the exuberance
of an 111 - color screenprint.