4.11.08

BACON II : one continuous accident mounting on top of another



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Homo Ludens: BACON II : one continuous accident mounting on top of another: "Cezanne said that he tried to paint the confused sensations that we bring with us at birth. Bacon attempts the same thing in his painting. A highlight of Gilles Deleuze’s analysis of Bacon’s work is his description of how Bacon scrubs, sweeps, wipes and marks the canvas in order to empty out convention, erase the cliché, and leave the ground clear for reality."



BACON III : with God, everything is permitted