Tuesday
May122009
cy twombly Taurus art 1.09
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 12:17PM
Like the Taurus artist Yves Klein, who restricted himself to working entirely with one stone -- lapis lazuli pigment, Cy Twombly (b. 25 April 1928) obsessively explores essentially dumb material, now differentiated into two (Gemini) stones, slate and chalk, representing the possibility of communicative meaning (writing) as yet contentless. In the work below, he pays hommage to Taurus's tutelary deity, in numerous communication systems.
Reader Comments (3)
I'd never heard of Cy Twombly - hmmm - that's not exactly what I'd expect from a Taurean artist - it's quite Uranian isn't it?