MESS IS MORE.(Brief Article)

RICHARD SHONE ON THE FRANCIS BACON STUDIO

There are immaculate studios and there are messy studios. There are private ones that are no-go areas for housekeeper and dealer alike. And there are those that show signs not just of working but of living--an easy chair, bookshelves, even a put-up bed. Francis Bacon's last studio was notoriously messy and pretty private, entered only by close friends and the occasional photographer. It was exclusively for work-a small, skylit, fairly cheerless space within his almost pretentiously modest flat up a steep flight of stairs in South ...

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