Bacon In Moscow
Bacon In Moscow
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Author
Author
James Birch / Джеймс Берч
Dimension
Dimension
186x244mm (7,3'x9,6')
ISBN
ISBN
9781788169745
Format
Format
Hardcover
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
208
Publisher
Publisher
Profile Books
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2022
Bacon In Moscow
The hilarious account of one man's quest to mount a Francis Bacon exhibition in the Soviet Union.
'A rollicking cultural adventure... fascinating and true' Grayson PerryThis funny and personal memoir is the account of an audacious attempt by James Birch, a young British curator, to mount the ground-breaking retrospective of Francis Bacon's work at the newly refurbished Central House of Artists, Moscow in 1988. Side-lined by the British establishment, Birch found himself at the heart of a honey-trap and the focus for a picaresque cast of Soviet officials, attachés and politicians under the forbidding eye of the KGB as he attempted to bring an unseen western cultural icon to Russia during the time of 'Glasnost', just before the fall of the Berlin Wall.Bacon in Moscow is the story of the evolution of an exhibition that was at the artistic and political heart of a sea of change that culminated with the fall of the USSR. 'A rollicking cultural adventure before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the meteoric rise of contemporary art in the nineties' Grayson Perry
'Praise for Bacon in Moscow: 'A rollicking cultural adventure before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the meteoric rise of contemporary art in the nineties. James Birch pulls off an artistic coup necessitating endless champagne nights in Soho with Francis Bacon and marathon Moscow vodka sessions with the mysterious Sergei Klokov. Fascinating and true. What a liver!'' - Grayson Perry
'Grayson Perry describes this book as a 'rollicking cultural adventure... fascinating and true.' And nothing could, for the art world at least, be truer than this' - The Lady
'A fascinating memoir' - Financial Times
''Darkly funny account of art behind the iron curtain.'' - Observer
''Evocative and authentic.'' - Observer
''Excellent recall, nicely garlanded with irony, amusement and an intense fondness for Bacon.'' - Observer
''Full of eccentric characters and comic incident.'' - Times
''An amusing romp that could act as a cautionary tale.'' - Mail on Sunday
''Brilliantly entertaining.'' - Perspective
''Birch is one of those rare wunderkinds of the art world.'' - The Lady
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:James Birch - Джеймс Берч
Publisher:Profile Books
Language:English
Publication Date:2022
Number of pages:208 pst
Format:Hardcover
Width:186 mm / 7,3'
Height:244 mm / 9,6'
Weight:760 g
ISBN:9781788169745