The Monster as Warning - Prologue

Francis Bacon and the Time of Monsters explores Francis Bacon’s paintings through philosophy, photography, violence and the representation of the human body.

This prologue introduces the figure of the monster: as warning, disturbance and challenge to established ideas of order, and as a point at which fear, desire and the possibility of transformation converge.

These films are generously funded by a British Society of Aesthetics Small Grant Award.

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CREDITS

Written by Ben Ware

Animation by Vanessa Brassey

Narrated by Stephen Doulton

Video production by Envis Media

IMAGE CREDITS AND RIGHTS

With grateful thanks to The Estate of Francis Bacon for permission to reproduce the artworks featured in this film.