tvthl-l) MEDIA

CY TWOMBLY

One-off exhibition by the great Cy Twombly

Cy 'lyronrhly doesn't fit neatly into art history. He is of the generation that t()||()l.'/(}(l hartl on the heels of the abstract expressionists. but his work :loesvt't (toxetail neatly wrth (:o'iternporaries Jasper Johns and Robert llatisr::herrl)erg_ He makes .'.‘:\,ri\ that is rterally post—motlernist. :z'iu' that engages wrth post— ”‘ottréirzrs;rr>, 'ef'er't‘a‘erng ll)l'(}'lll()(i8l’lll rtr-Irrttrre arvzl Myth. using street graffiti to tletrr‘e ' is (T'\t)’il(l (Iétll‘gl'éll)lll(l

(leeatles hefore arnhiguous rn::i-\'r"r~‘ x uuotatiori heearne (le r.g_..:,-_rr. {il‘tt '.'.r:tliout the thick layer of ‘<,.'<:<‘-. t xxx-n when he employs this 1 lat/Ornhly throws up Lina (1'11: (rehot: my wrth uncertain. .1gr1' .".(t"v"\flT?l(?f;tll'i£1(2(?()llllS oa' '"gs :r atehed z'rith a sort of Pom wk like i‘:i§f§trl£lll(l(}21070538 the ‘_1l“.;‘.8 as a whole. ‘)(:E;I-l&'.";(t‘.'.." ‘or his ahstr‘aet i‘.'.'(,:".i>?y is a sculptor who has (lrawn on surrealism. Atrrean art and arehrteetural forms in equal measure l'le :s also a photographer who snakes painterly. \.'.-'ater(:oloirr-like prints that echo his own (:arwases aezl sllustratt‘: therr themes. last hut not least, for a parnter forexr'er' aligned t" the New York school. Twornhly is a gist-".etry lim'op zan artist. based in ital, sinee the :; )s. at once at the l‘oart of niru-L’Uth century American art and outside .t. ‘.'.’ha‘.e.er entrear iight you choose to rr:u'nrnait- ()1; il.'./orr‘.l‘)|y 's ‘v.'./or‘k. his l)’,‘;itl(,'i in the earron of great livrng

tron. that (fleurls rnueh sirnr

wens assured. and for Paul Neshrtt. or

lyltli). "' m.. “01) ()1 filth” (i'tlffl. inhf) N()E>{)ltt.

" , heat of". l‘2e" sa‘.'./ some photographs o‘ t'ew '_":l‘{§ agrazu linagirie all those together in one fit);

'l"~f:"€: s a (;()l"‘(r(iti(}ll ‘.'.’lll‘e tl‘e gal

tlt."<l

great ()y lu'xorrihly exhibition, ther: this

( ‘1'].

arrri e.er‘. nrarle ork tor ea(:h

; . ‘a'. e'rxotron ‘.‘.’llll other people ‘.'./l

)hotography. painting. (:ollage anti

I I" '.’(,>"/e/I'r lion's 2. Rota," Hora/ire (Ea/den, 555:;

74 THE LIST FESTIVAL GUIDE ~ 'r

seul:

the s"‘;,'.'.' is set to inelutle work fresh i‘r‘o'1‘ the sirxlzo aremrmle: Nes other rl'lti l'.'.rr_;"ily. tore. Neslr ‘lheres work (Lornrng straight hour the stutlro .'.'l:i<;l: has never

lilack Mot

/\lu_§lr’

a gm (io'nrr et‘tertazurraent span-r: Hot/l

‘It's a «taterrrig urirt. ilut ‘.'.“|itr filtittit? (l'ltl theuulit we would

Nari l<||';1li to lie lleltl New: To hostirrti lurk

lllf'

M as all i‘ ART IN THE KITCHEN

Cooking up some visual delights

sans exhrllitrrig art

eat

l:\ (“EN/ (I

3’. trvt'uliltsor‘.

Ea'ge pa."‘:";;

-:: '.'.'t;rk.

‘.'.';t.". (:llztz'vx T9l7'4i';','-:l

pt}. um:-

Untitled (Peonies) 1980

I'X: 5 n. Rip: '

'.'.t>'t\r'\: " l :‘<‘~

"".\‘ il «t ‘\‘» \‘ l". y \‘t‘ . or t'ufa‘ in! .. '\l' lAl. '\ I\" \)1‘\tl ‘fl