Cy Twombly

Twombly’s invocation of the past asserts our present conviction of artistic immortality. -- Christopher Knight * Los Angeles Times *
Complementing one another and furthering established lines of inquiry, the volume is thus a significant contribution to literature on the artist as well as a source of pleasure. -- Isabelle Loring Wallace * Burlington Magazine *
This expertly researched book...showcases the artist’s sculptures, works on paper, and paintings alongside classical works of antiquity, revealing the historical inspiration. The sumptuously illustrated book, includes a number of pieces from the artist’s personal collection along with detailed essays, written by leading scholars, to offer a deeper look at an artist more often associated with scribble abstract compositions. For any collector who believes they know Cy Twombly, this book provides a different facet of the artist and the often-enigmatic engagement he had with the past. -- Doug King * Patron *
The catalog for the Museum of Fine Art, Boston exhibition this year features a selection of the American artist Cy Twombly’s paintings, drawings and sculptures alongside works of classical antiquity, including a number from his personal collection. -- Natasha Wolff * Forbes *
Although he spent many of his adult years living and working in Rome, painter Cy Twombly first got his start in another great city: Boston, where he began attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1948. Learn more about the abstractionist in this locally published text, where a selection of his works—including sculptures and drawings—are showcased alongside the classical masterpieces that inspired them. -- Andrea Timpano * Boston Home *
Photographs of Cy Twombly’s home in Rome, with its baroque golden chairs and severe-looking marble busts, reveal that the artist, known for his modernist, abstract expressionist paintings, was in fact fascinated by antiquity. This obsession forms the subject of a new book on his work, Cy Twombly: Making Past Present, which places the artist’s paintings, drawings and sculptures alongside classical works, including some from his own collection, and essays from writers such as Anne Carson and Brooke Holmes. -- Baya Simons * Financial Times *
To mingle together exposure and erasure...is a philosophic instinct and an artistic method that Twombly and Catullus share... Illegibility, unloveliness, misspelling are all ways to disavow ownership or power over its meaning, while retaining an ancient presence that glows up through the work. -- Ann Carson * LitHub *
In preparation for an exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, this volume recounts the artist's lifelong passion for classical antiquity—references to which appear regularly in his paintings, drawings, and sculpture. The exhibition and book also feature items of classical sculpture that come from the late artist's personal collection. -- Editors * Milieu *
a volume that I find myself drawn to again and again... -- Sam Duplessis * Visionary Projects *