Francis Bacon and Queer Intimacy in Post-War London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21158655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregory Salter (0000-0003-3496-7474, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-99 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Culture in Britain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-4787 • E-ISSN: 1941-8361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14714787.2017.1302817 |
| OpenAlex | W2605639656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Francis Bacon’s paintings of the immediate post-war period in Britain include several works that take as their subject the spaces and experiences of queer intimacy, prior to the partial-decriminalization of homosexuality in 1967. These works inevitably stray across the spheres that queer men occupied at this time, from the domestic interior to public spaces such as bars and hotels. Through an analysis of Two Figures, 1953, and the ‘Man in Blue’ series, 1954, in their wider social and cultural contexts, this article argues that Bacon’s works present visions of a broad, fluid, anxious sense of queer home in post-war London
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Criminology · Decriminalization · Gay rights · Homosexuality · Painting · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Vision · Art, Politics, and Modernism · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |