Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly has passed away in Rome.  My first exposure to his work was through the building that housed it when I made my pilgrimage to the Menil collection in 2002.  I went to see the work of Renzo Piano and was introduced to the works contained within his architecture.  That day was like awakening into a dream.  Piano's Twombly gallery is light, graceful and plain if such a word can be used to describe something so silently powerful.  While others have hurled themselves at Twombly's works, I had a horrifying desire to press my face against the cold, beautifully smooth, Italian masonry walls.  The walls were covered by layers of translucent material that rested lightly and gracefully, allowing ambient light to softly wash the rooms that held the works.

To me Twombly's art is a nonlinear timeline that alludes to mythology, eroticism and poetry.  For others it is so much more.

Hero and Leandro (A Painting in Four Parts) Part I, 1984

 Hero and Leandro (A Painting in Four Parts) Part II, 1984

Hero and Leandro (A Painting in Four Parts) Part III, 1984

Hero and Leander (To Christopher Marlowe) [Rome], 1985