PERRY OGDEN 7 Reece Mews 6 July - 7 September, 2001 Faggionato Fine Arts is pleased to announce their forthcoming exhibition of photographs by Perry Ogden of 7 Reece Mews, which opens on 6 July, 2001. Francis Bacon, moved into 7 Reece Mews in 1961 and was to live and work there until his death in 1992. He once said of the house, "I am very influenced by places - by the atmosphere of a room….I just knew from the very moment that I came here that I would be able to work here." Only Bacon's closest friends were invited to the studio, which has become regarded by some, as an heroic statement and work of art in itself. Prior to its removal and reconstruction at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin, John Edward's, Bacon's heir and long-term companion, granted the Dublin based photographer, Perry Ogden, access to the studio and house. Ogden's photographs explore the tension between straightforward documentary and an aesthetic exploration of another artist's working method. They are uncomfortably intimate and absorbing, capturing every aspect of an untouched interior in which thirty years of artistic endeavour had accumulated unchecked. They are voyeristic and yet respectful and if not given a context, almost abstract. At first, these images appear to allow Bacon no secrets. In fact, the discarded canvases, brushes and rags encrusted with paint; doors and walls used as palettes, piles of photographs of friends and models, books that had served as visual stimuli, notes, sketches and ideas, jotted down and cast aside, seem to enhance the mystery. Galley Hours From 16 July - 7 September Monday - Friday 10.00am - 6.00pm 6 - 16 July, 2001 Tuesday - Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm For further details and images please contact Anna Pryer, email anna.pryer@faggionato.com or telephone 020 7409 7979