Only Too Much is Enough

The world-renowned Irish painter, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and art editor Michael Peppiatt were close friends for over thirty years. As Peppiatt, author of Only Too Much is Enough, recounts in the introduction, the two regularly went on nocturnal “odysseys around London and Paris”, “ordering extravagant vintages, toasting everyone and everyone, chatting and laughing immensely”. Francis Bacon’s conversation was witty, provocative and profound.

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In this volume, his longtime friend and curator has collected Bacon's most memorable aphorisms, evoking both the strength of the artist's personality and his wide-ranging interests. Only Too Much Is Enough serves as an accompaniment to Bacon's works, conveying not only a skeptical and sometimes disturbing view of human relationships, but also sharp insights into Bacon's creative process.

Michael Peppiatt left London in 1966 to take up a job as art editor at Réalités and later Le Monde in Paris, where he lived at the heart of the art and literary world for the next thirty years. In 1985 he bought the magazine Art International and relaunched it from his Paris flat. Peppiatt is the author of a dozen books, mostly about major artists.

Pages: 80
Language: English
Author: Michael Peppiatt
Publisher: Eris