I went to see the Francis Bacon exhibit recently and - oh my was I blown away! I knew his work from images mostly, but seeing his work in reality was a unbeatable experience. Every painting slapped me in the face not only with its content but also with its COLOR! I was so inspired putting color palettes in my head....and apparently I was not the only one.
Dries Van Noten, as you know the guru of print and color, for his Fall/Winter 09 woman's wear collection has "taken the shades of Francis Bacon's paintings—shrimp pink, beige, ocher, orange, and mauve—and deployed them in a way that gave life to pieces that might have seemed boring in other hands"- according to http://www.style.com/. And what life he gave them! I could see the whole collection clearly - solids, prints, color combinations, put together in such refinement and in consistency with their inspiration.
Above I put together 4 "boards" to show you how art and design collaborate in the very best way.
...and if you live in NYC - go see the Francis Bacon Centenary Retrospective at the http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B3AF19FEC-F29F-4C13-9544-59FCD426201E%7D through August 16, 2009 - no excuses!
Enjoy:)
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