Cy Twombly at Gagosian Gallery, September 2012 In tribute to the late Cy Twombly, Gagosian Gallery presents his last paintings, together with sixty-six of his photographs. Thursday, 6 September–Saturday, 29 September 2012.]]>
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The eight untitled paintings are closely related to the Camino Real group that inauguratedGagosian Paris in 2010. The inimitable, exuberant paintwork and bold, intense colors typify thefreedom with which Twombly worked, never restricted to a single reference. Even in the face ofhis impending death, their elegiac power, vivid palette, and ardent gestures pulse with the energiesof the new.
The intimate photographs range from early studio impressions taken in the 1950s to a group oflandscapes taken in St Barths last year. Since 2008, major exhibitions have been held at FOAMAmsterdam, Museum Brandhorst, Munich and the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; however this isthe first time that this lesser known aspect of Twombly’s oeuvre has been presented in such depthin the U.K.
Twombly remains one of the world’s most revered contemporary artists, whose central andongoing relevance to the art of the present is attested to by a stream of recent survey exhibitionsin leading international institutions. Since the opening of the first Gagosian Gallery in New York inthe mid-eighties, Twombly has been a cornerstone of the gallery. He made many exhibitions thereover the last twenty-five years, each one as surprising and memorable as the last, from the”Bolsena Paintings” (1990) to “The Coronation of Sesostris” (2001) to “Lepanto” (2002), “Bacchus” (2006),and “The Rose” (2009). “Ten Paintings and a Sculpture” (2004), “Three Notes for Salalah” (2008),”Leaving Paphos Ringed with Waves” (2009), and “Camino Real” (2010) inaugurated new galleries inLondon, Rome, Athens, and Paris respectively.
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