CY TWOMBLY : The Last Paintings

6 Sep-28 Sep 2012

Overview

In tribute to the late Cy Twombly, Gagosian Gallery will present his last paintings, together with sixty-six of his photographs. The eight untitled paintings are closely related to the Camino Real group that inaugurated Gagosian Paris in 2010. The inimitable, exuberant paintwork and bold, intense colors typify the freedom with which Twombly worked, never restricted to a single reference. Even in the face of his impending death, their elegiac power, vivid palette, and ardent gestures pulse with the energies of the new. The intimate photographs range from early studio impressions taken in the 1950s to a group of landscapes taken in St Barths last year. Since 2008, major exhibitions have been held at FOAM Amsterdam, Museum Brandhorst, Munich and the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; however this is the first time that this lesser known aspect of Twombly’s oeuvre has been presented in such depth in the U.K.