Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly (b. 1928) is considered to be one of the greatest living American artists. Throughout his 50-year career his work has received widespread admiration and international critical praise. Twombly's work defies easy categorisation. Subverting traditional distinctions between painting and drawing, brush and pencil-work, written words and images, he has made a highly individual contribution to the history of twentieth-century art.

On the occasion of his 75th birthday Twombly has collaborated on an eagerly anticipated survey of his work on paper, complementing retrospectives of his painting at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1995 and of his sculpture at the Kunsthalle Basel and The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., in 2000 and 2001.

This exhibition brings together approximately 60 works ranging from his early drawings of 1953 to his new colourful, large paintings on paper, which were executed in Gaeta, Italy, where the artist now works for most of the year. Forming part of Twombly's personal archive, most of these works have never been exhibited or published before. The Serpentine exhibition is the first major presentation of his work in a London public gallery for over 15 years and offers a unique opportunity to experience one of the outstanding artistic visions of our time.

Cy Twombly has been curated by Julie Sylvester, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. It opened at The State Hermitage Museum and toured to the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, before its presentation at the Serpentine Gallery. Pressetext

Cy Twombly - Fifty Years of Works on Paper
Kurator: Julie Sylvester
Stationen: Eremitage, St. Petersburg / Russland; Pinakothek der Moderne, München; Centre Pompidou, Paris