The Essential Cy Twombly
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (973 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193892245X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Albert Mobilio Bookforum) . Fleischmann Publisher's Weekly)Twombly has remained the subject of great interest and research, with two enlightening new books – The Essential Cy Twombly and Cy Twombly: Paradise – hitting the shelves this autumn. (Another Magazine)Having nearly sixty years of work at hand provides abundant evidence of the paradox governing Twombly's art-the interesting play between the epic scope of his cultural materials and the enigmatic, deeply personal means of their representation.Twombly's art instructs, perplexes, and ultimately seduces. (The Editors W Magazine
The most accessible survey of his work to date, this volume includes essays by Laszlo Glozer, Thierry Greub, Kirk Varnedoe and Simon Schama.Edwin Parker (Cy) Twombly (1928-2011) was born in Lexington, Virginia. He lived and worked in New York in the early 1950s (where he met Robert Rauschenberg, with whom he was to have a long personal and artistic relationship) and studied at the legendary Black Mountain College in North Carolina before traveling around North Africa, Spain and Italy and ultimately settling in Rome before the end of the decade, just as the art world was shifting its center of gravity to New York. Best known for his paintings and drawings, often executed on a massive scale across multiple canvases, Twombly also made sculptures and photographs.. Working in the immediate aftermath of Abstract Expressionism, Twombly developed an intensely personal scription consisting of scrawled letters and words, in an effusive, calligraphic mark-making that suggests a kind of painted poetry. Recognized as one of the greatest and most idiosyncratic artists of the postwar era, Cy Twombly left behind an oeuvre of incredible versatility, sensitivity and originality upon his death in 2011 at age 83. Worki
Five Stars Amazon Customer Cy Twombly is my favorite artist and this is really the essential Twombly decent plates and great essays.. "awesome" according to janet. beautiful book. just as described. i would recommend this to anyone. great shipping. came timely.great color plates and more.. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. One of the most beautifully written books about this hugely talented artist.