London Premiere of Martha Parsey’s BACON’S HISTORIES: Study for a Portrait @ All is Joy, 75 Dean Street London Soho 28th February 7pm

Entrance free. Join us.

MPHQ Pictures and All is Joy London present the first cinema screening of Martha Parsey’s motion picture artwork BACON’S HISTORIES: Study for a Portrait in London. The film explores the influence of the Greeks and Egyptians on Bacon’s oeuvre and brings together both archive footage and unpublished recordings of Francis Bacon in interview with David Sylvester as well as interviews with his most frequently painted female subject Henrietta Moraes.

To coincide with London’s LGBTQ+ History Month the film explores a new feminist reading of Bacon’s work and a re-evaluation of Francis Bacon’s standing as a homosexual artist in the 1950s, emerging as a formidable force long before homosexuality was decriminalised in England.

50 minutes. Shot on location in Greece, London, Paris, Spain, Egypt, South Africa and Germany. In English, French, Greek and Russian with English subtitles.

The final film in Martha Parsey’s Francis Bacon film trilogy explores the influence of the Histories, namely the Greek dramas, Egyptian sculpture, and poetry and literature on Francis Bacon’s painting; both in his style and choice of subject matter. The film is underscored by previously unpublished interviews with Francis Bacon discussing at length the influence of the Greeks and Egyptians, as well as the influence of T. S. Eliot and the work of Shakespeare. 

A cinematic artwork in 8-parts. Written and directed by Martha Parsey. Produced by MPHQ Pictures.