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Critical Reflections: Francis Bacon & Maria Lassnig with artist Jai Chuhan and theorist Dr. Rina Arya

9 July 2016 at 17.30–18.30

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A man in a dark suit with a smeared, blurred face sits on a blue buttoned sofa against red-streaked curtains, framed by thin white lines sketching a transparent box around him, his feet on a patterned red rug.

Francis Bacon, Seated Figure 1961. Tate. © Estate of Francis Bacon.

On the occasion of the summer school, join internationally renowned Francis Bacon scholar, Dr. Rina Arya in conversation with artist Jai Chuan. This special exhibition tour will bring a unique insight to the works of Francis Bacon and Maria Lassnig, and include elements of self-portraiture, and the human figure, at the centre of both artists’ compositions.

Dr Rina Arya is a Reader in Visual Communication at the University of Wolverhampton, and the author of ‘Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World’ (2012).

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