{"product_id":"francis-bacon-the-human-body-exhibition-guide-hayward-gallery-1998","title":"Francis Bacon: The Human Body — Exhibition Guide, Hayward Gallery, London, 1998","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition guide \/ folded gallery pamphlet\u003cbr\u003eHayward Gallery, London\u003cbr\u003e5 February – 5 April 1998\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffset print on folded paper stock\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 21 × 21 cm folded; 19.5 × 21 cm unfolded\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by Peter Campbell; text by David Sylvester\u003cbr\u003ePublished by the Hayward Gallery \/ South Bank Centre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good vintage condition. Light age toning, handling marks, soft creasing along fold lines, and minor surface wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for \u003cem\u003eFrancis Bacon: The Human Body\u003c\/em\u003e at the Hayward Gallery, London, curated by David Sylvester — Bacon’s most significant critic, collaborator, and biographer. The guide condenses the exhibition into a portable structure: essay, checklist, institutional information, and typographic cover assembled into a single folded support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition arrived six years after Bacon’s death and focused on the body as the central subject of his practice. Sylvester’s text positions Bacon not as a painter of distortion alone but as an artist concerned with flesh, sensation, movement, and the unstable boundary between the human figure and its surroundings. The guide reproduces this argument in miniature. The exhibition becomes paper. The curatorial thesis becomes a fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover is notable for its restraint: large typography replaces imagery, allowing Bacon’s name itself to function as image. A temporary support designed for movement through the gallery, preserved beyond its intended duration. A document of reception as much as a document of exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595975057746,"sku":"BACON-HAYWARD-CAT-1998","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bacon_Francis._The_Human_Body_exhibition_invite._1998_front.jpg?v=1780037522","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/francis-bacon-the-human-body-exhibition-guide-hayward-gallery-1998","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}