Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

Synopsis

In this landmark text by one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, gilles deleuze takes the paintings of francis bacon as his object of his study. The book presents a deep engagement with bacon's work and the nature of art. Deleuze analyzes the distinctive innovations that came to mark bacon's style: the isolation of the figure, the violation and deformations of the flesh, the complex use of color, the method of chance, and the use of the triptych form.