European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 races places the stars and stripes May this artist Doest expect audience to like his View of the everyday world huge paintings of dislocated and dismembered people Are on show at London Tate gallery and the Francis says he Doest expect people to like in complying with the things that Are happening every Day in the world if people who dont like my paintings would think about they think them he said at the Bacons figures depicted in lurid scream and trapped in Small he also paints mangled meat and even when the portraits Are of his they Are his few land scapes arc Garish and Many specialists rate Bacon a great artist and his work Sells for huge despite the shudders of some gallery Visi arts minister lord cowrie wrote in London times that Bacon is the great est Painter in the he is surely the greatest living paint says Alan the tates direct who has put on the second retrospective of Bacons work at the state museum in 23 two in an artists lifetime is a rare the exhibition catalogue has dropped a whole Section of critics reactions to each work when first Bacon has said in the past that he does not like other peo Ples one knows the rubbish critics he among the 125 works in the show is landscape near which Bacon painted in it went for a record for his work when sold by actress Patricia Neal at so new York earlier this Bacon said on Independent television news that he originally sold it for 60 then about the dealers make All the he they pay me a certain Daniel a related in the same program that when Bacon used to be hard he would ask his friends to buy a among these was one of his famous series of the head of a inspired by Velasquez portrait of Pope innocent he got 150 pounds for it and i suppose its now Worth pounds Farson the exhibition starts with the tates own three studies for figures at the base of a crucifixion painted in which first made Bacons name and Horri fied some critics because they said it was reminiscent of nazi atrocities in world War Bacon was born in Dublin of English parents on his father claimed descent from the 16th Century statesman and Francis whom some credit with being the real author of William Shakespeare plays and Bacon the Painter never went to Art school and has been painting since he was he says the Only artist who has influenced him is Pablo the exhibition runs through 18 and then in 18 6 and West 6march family portrait a photo four Darold Samantha is nuzzled by mom Ruscha at the Krefeld West Ger Many the baby Elk was born May Young refugee up photo a Viot Nomoto child Tarot a break from eating As the Poon through a Boneo at Bowring refugee of Hong Kong Toton Craod Campt whore almost Puoplo live at virtual Tho United nation High commit tto nor for Paul to Rontty Mourod Tho Al Smith took Money and report says a lawyer gave Alfred Smith at least while Smith was governor in the 1920s to encourage him to remain in Public according to a published the new York times said according to a chapter dropped from lawyer Thomas Chadbourne recently published Smith was Given the Money in Cash and Stock at the Smiths salary As Gover nor was the Book was published earlier this year by new York University Law school without the damaging the which obtained a copy of the omitted said the Smith chapter was dropped from the published memoirs after objections by the Law firm of Whiteside Wolf of new a spokesman for the 130lawyer firm said it sought the deletion to prevent the publication of potentially libellous not to keep the life of the firms founder the times but none of those mentioned in the chapter Are a prerequisite for any libel the times who died in wrote in the missing chapter that he expected Smith to support his Effort to help raise the Nickel subway which was important to him because he was a major stockholder in the cites private subway and elevated the times Smith did not raise the Chadbourne wrote that he kept the payments secret because the world does not Swallow altruistic motives rightly i was a great believer in Smith As a Public servant and was glad to put him in a position where he could afford to return to office without bread and butter Wor he Smith served four terms As governor and in 1928 be came the first roman Catholic to win the presidential nomination of a major when he ran unsuccessfully for the democrats against Herbert known As the Happy died in he has history on his Side one candidate who wants to replace House speaker tip Oneill in Congress is using a device that helped his Grandfather win the presidency in Jimmy Roosevelt has come out with White and Blue exact replicas of the Campaign buttons used by Franklin Roosevelt in even though originals of some of those old buttons Are somewhere in family Roosevelt i had to borrow one from a Friend to he said his Jim has some but it was easier to borrow one from an East coast More trouble Tor Hail Mary the controversial film be Vous Salue Marie Hail which tells the Story of a modern Day Virgin will be withdrawn from italian cinemas june the movies italian distributor Aldo who holds the French conces Sion for the film in said he had ordered cinemas showing the film to withdraw it to await a ruling by a competent the movie by French Swiss director Jeanluc Godard has been the Center of controversy in Italy since it was first shown in a Rome nuns and priests demonstrated outside the Cine a against what they considered on april 23 Pope John Paul ii issued a statement deploring the film which he said distorts and slanders the spiritual significance and historic value of the Christian magistrates in the cities of Pesaro and Rimini ordered the movie a Milan lawyer formally demanded Legal action against those responsible for screening the the main causes of outrage Are graphic nude scenes in which French actress Miriem playing is seen wrestling with her i decided to withdraw the film because of the seriousness of protest 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