Res, a matter.

Francis Giacobetti | 1991 | Meat Triptych

“My painting is not violent; it’s life that is violent… Sexuality, human emotion, everyday life, personal humiliation… violence is part of human nature… Even within the most beautiful landscape, in trees, under the leaves the insects are eating each other; violence is part of life.”
Francis Bacon

My first thought on reading this interview has been that we should take real care of the few artists that are able to reflect about this topic. Because there will be always only few of them, and we need them badly, to remember us about what everybody wants to forget.

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