hommage to francis bacon Installation

Many years ago during the late 1960thies I was a young fashion designer ,and I use to often go to Christies auction room in South Kensington- London to view the weekly sale of paintings.I liked collecting Art. As It was even then not easy to find parking space in this part of London so I started parking in Reece mews just opposite the saleroom in front what it looked like converted coach house. Second or third time when I did this a grumpy looking male came out and told me I cant park there in front of his house,but after couple of minutes of conversation he reluctantly allowed me to leave the car there. So this became my secret spot where to park in the future and the grumpy men who always looked like he had heavy night of drinking with his friends sometimes came out and we had a small chat and he eventually asked me about what I do, He invited me in and I realized its an artist studio and he introduced himself as Francis Bacon,there where paints and paintings everywhere I loved the smell of it all,one can tell this was pure passion and Love of Art.As I was doing some painting myself I appreciated the whole experience. Then few weeks later he came to my store in Kensington market and bought a black leather jacket. and as I liked jazz and would go to Ronnie Scotts club in Soho and Francis was often there, we had few drinks occasionaly. As we all know Francis Bacon only painted paintings and I pondered often what would he produce if he ever tried a sculpture,so I started doing life size figure of Francis Bacon out of recycling materials,plastic,cardboard,insulaltion boards and with special foam I started moulding different parts of the body which took for ever,it was all giant experiment. It took me 3 years until I completed it and made it look like a grumpy person I remember which greeted me all those years in front of his house . And maybe he would of been pleased that I paid a hommage to him.Thank you Francis Bacon you where a kind person to me.Asta Lavista.

Multi-paneled Installation:Fiberglass on Carbon Fibre

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:35 W x 80 H x 25 D in

Number of Panels:2

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