{"product_id":"bacon-giacometti-a-dialogue-hardcover","title":"Bacon\/Giacometti: A Dialogue - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Peppiatt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrice Cotensin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile working on 'Bacon-Giacometti', a major exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel in 2018, the curator, writer, and art historian Michael Peppiatt carried out extensive research on the relationship between the two artists. \"At one point I felt I could almost hear the two of them talking\", he revealed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Peppiatt, the dialogue between Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti has been 'turning slowly' in his mind ever since Bacon told him in detail about his encounters with the Swiss artist, while the latter was in London in 1965 to supervise the preparations for his major exhibition at the Tate. This book, written in the form of a play, is about an imagined encounter between the two men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the evening imagined by Peppiatt, Bacon and Giacometti enjoy a lavish dinner at Wheeler's fish restaurant, then go on to the Colony Room--Bacon's favourite club in Soho--to pursue their freely flowing conversation about life, art, and their mutual friends. After a while, the club begins to empty out, but the two artists, sensing that they may never have another occasion to talk, order more champagne...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Peppiatt left London in 1966 for a job as arts editor at \u003ci\u003eRéalités\u003c\/i\u003e then \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e in Paris, where he lived at the heart of the art and literary world for the following thirty years. In 1985 he bought \u003ci\u003eArt International\u003c\/i\u003e, relaunching the magazine from his apartment in Paris. Peppiatt is the author of a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Giacometti's Studio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInterviews With Artists\u003c\/i\u003e, and the acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon in Your Blood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 4.49 x 7.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51855702130976,"sku":"9781912475544","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/SMeeuAQSdb9781912475544.webp?v=1781539900","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bacon-giacometti-a-dialogue-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}