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Cy Twombly: Photographs

An exhibition of photographs by Cy Twombly at Gagosian London on Davies Street, to coincide with paintings, sculptures, and works on paper at the new Grosvenor Hill gallery.

Cy Twombly: Photographs

October 10 – December 12, 2015
Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street, London

Artwork © Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Stuart Burford

From the press release

Gagosian London is pleased to announce an exhibition of photographs by Cy Twombly at the Davies Street gallery, to coincide with the exhibition of his paintings, sculptures, and works on paper at the new Grosvenor Hill gallery.

From his days as a student at Black Mountain College during the early 1950s until his death in 2011 at the age of 83, Twombly captured his daily life in photographs. He recorded the verdant landscapes of Virginia and the coasts of Italy, close-up details of ancient buildings and sculptures, studio interiors, and still lifes of objects and flowers.

Beginning in the early 1990s, Twombly used specialized copiers to enlarge his Polaroid images on matte paper, resulting in subtle distortions that approximate the timeless qualities of his paintings and sculptures with their historical and literary allusions. Recalling the pictorialism of photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, the expressive nature of Twombly’s prints transcends the mechanical aspects of the medium.

This exhibition brings together more than twenty photographs of natural subjects—including tulips, strawberries, cabbages, and lemons—taken in Rome and Gaeta, Italy, between 1985 and 2008.

Throughout his sixty-year career, Twombly infused the physical and emotional aspects of Abstract Expressionism with a wealth of historic and mythic allusion. At once epic and intimate, his work is steeped with references to poetry and classical mythology. The alternation between the visible and the hidden, between present and past, and the struggle between memory and oblivion are unifying themes in his work.

Published on the occasion of this exhibition is: Photographs. Volume II.

For further information:
Gagosian, Davies Street, London
gagosian.com

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