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Francis Bacon certainly ranks high on my list of artists who could be serial killers. I saw his exhibit at the Pompidou and man, it's fascinating but utterly br
by hardwaregeek 5y ago
Francis Bacon certainly ranks high on my list of artists who could be serial killers. I saw his exhibit at the Pompidou and man, it's fascinating but utterly brutal.
Apropos of nothing, I've wondered if there's a sly Bacon joke in Killing Eve. In the second season, Villanelle sees a painting of a man hung upside down, insides slit open. She comments that "they look like bacon". While from the character's perspective it's likely that she's just comparing the people to food, it does work well as an art joke cause the painting truly does have the same macabre feel of a Francis Bacon
- pmoriarty 5y agoI'm not sure what makes you think he could have been a serial killer, but if it's the subject matter of his art I wonder what you think of horror authors and filmmakers, or authors of true-crime novels and filmmakers, or the hundreds of millions of people who are their fans. Just because one finds such dark visions of humanity fascinating doesn't mean you want to hurt anyone. I've never seen a shred of evidence that such people are any more prone to violence (much less serial killing) than anyone else. If anything, there's an argument to be made for the cathartic value of such art, and its those who don't have such an outlet who I'd be more worried about.
- hardwaregeek 5y agoApologies, I didn’t realize people would actually take that remark seriously. It was an off hand joke about the darkness of his material