Cy Twombly (German/English)

Storsve, Jonas (ed); Serge Lasvignes, Bernard Blistène, Jonas Storsve, Kohn Yau, Alessandro Twombly, Paul Winkler, Nicholas Cullinan, Thierry Greub, Katharina Grosse, Richard Leeman, Sally Mann, Guillaume Cassegrain, Giorgio Agamben, Edmund de Waal, Éric Mézil, Bernd Klüser & Nicola Del Roscio

ISBN 10: 3944874617 / ISBN 13: 9783944874616

Published by Sieveking, 2017

About this Item

Z : 320 pages, 304 Illustrations, 29 x 29 cm - Das Buch zentriert in einem noch nie da gewesenen Umfang drei seiner Hauptzyklen: Nine Discourses on Commodus (1963), Fifty Days at Iliam (1978) und Coronation of Sesostris (2000). Anhand von fast 200 Gemälden, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen und Fotografien wird der gesamte Werdegang des Künstlers nachgezeichnet. Dadurch wird ein einzigartiger Einblick in den ganzen intellektuellen wie sinnlichen Reichtum des Werkes geboten.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1711995292796

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cy Twombly (German/English)
• Publisher: Sieveking
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3944874617
• ISBN 13: 9783944874616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Drawing
  • Monographie
  • Painting

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Synopsis

• Accompanies a vast, non-travelling retrospective at the Centre Pompidou (30/11/16-26/4/17) with works from public and private collections worldwide
• Includes texts by notable scholars and art historians, writers, artists, and collectors
• Features archival material and personal photographs

The complex oeuvre of the American artist Cy Twombly (1928-2011) comprises a time period of around six decades, during which it never lost any of its expressive power. Twombly was one of the most productive artists in the history of more recent art. Acclaimed as one of the most important painters of the second half of the 20th century, he fused the legacy of American Abstract Expressionism with European and Mediterranean culture.

The book focuses to a degree never before seen on his major cycles: Nine Discourses on Commodus (1963), Fifty Days at Iliam (1978), and Coronation of Sesostris (2000). The artist's development as a whole is traced based on nearly 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs. This thus provides unique insights into the overall intellectual and sensual richness of the oeuvre. From his early works at the beginning of the 1950s, which are characterised by the use of text, to his compositions of the 1960s, his reaction to the minimal art and conceptual art of the 1970s to his final paintings, the overview of the oeuvre underscores the significance of the series and cycles in which Cy Twombly invented history painting anew.

With its polyphonic conception, the monograph offers numerous approaches with essays that shed light on the various aspects and phases of Twombly's path as an artist. It comprises et al. the reflections and personal impressions of other artists as well as the memories of his assistant Nicola Del Roscio. These diverse testimonies make it possible to discover Cy Twombly not only as an artist, but also as an individual.

About the Author

Jonas Storsve is an art historian and head curator in the graphic arts department at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. He has previously curated shows on Josef Albers, Alina Szapocznikow, and Jim Hodges, and has written extensively on modern art.