Have a butcher's hook.

THE FRANCIS BACON exhibition at the Tate Britain.

This exhibition provides viewers with an analytically deep cross-section of the artist, similar to the way he cuts open the subjects in his own paintings. Viewers see a truthful insight into his personal life, beliefs, inspiration and experiences.

Alot of his paintings show an underlying, perceptual logic and true, expressive skill combined, depicting strong contrasts and balance that do not just visually open doorways to the viewers unconscious but raise questions among human existence even today. One in particular would be Bacons opposition to religion. The controversial artist that ripped his own route into the canvas of art by following his beliefs and remaining true to his work, shines strong as a major influence to many contemporary artists today. There's no denying this man rights of a master artist.

My favourite painting of the show was 'Study after Valazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X'.
Only truly experienced infront of the canvas, its vertical lines move the subject like an optical illusion. Background and foreground blurring together, conveying reality and an impossible dimension running in and out of the violent brush strokes. A picture that truly X-rays its subject while you are looking at it.