Cy Twombly: Lepanto

Among the American artists who first came to prominence in the late 1950s, as the great juggernaut of Abstract Expressionism was waning, Cy Twombly (Lexington, Virginia 1928) remained closest to the earlier generation´s belief in the primacy of the gesture, developing an inimitable handwriting that became the essence of his painting along with the use of the word evoking mythological figures and events as an inherent compositional element and the gradual incorporation of color.

Raised in Lexington, sanctuary of the American Civil War and the Virginia Military Institute, Twombly has always shown an interest for military and nautical subjects and their codification. Insatiable traveller and connoisseur of the Mediterranean, his fascination for the classical world led him to establish himself in Italy in 1957, where he resides most of the year.

This will be the series’ last exhibition before it is definitively installed at the Brandhorst Museum in Munich.

Cy Twombly: Lepanto
Kurator: Alejandro Vergara