TY - BOOK AU - Ficacci,Luigi AU - Bacon,Francis ED - Taschen (Firm) TI - Francis Bacon 1909-1992: deep beneath the surfaces of things T2 - Basic art series SN - 9783836559690 AV - Art/ND497.B16 F53 2015 PY - 2015///] CY - Koln PB - Taschen KW - Bacon, Francis, KW - Artists KW - Great Britain KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - HISTORY OF ART / ART and DESIGN STYLES. Subliminal creatures: Dreamworlds beneath the surface Francis Bacon (1909-1992) possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative, human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them. Mixing realism and abstraction, Bacon delves deep beneath the surfaces of things, opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within and struggling with all that is inexplicable. Erotic and grotesquely beautiful is the work of this legendary painter whose haunting, distorted figures have inspired entire generations of painters who seek to emulate his highly original style ER -