Cy Twombly at Museum Brandhorst
Museum Brandhorst in Munich holds one of the most extensive collections of works by the American artist Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011).
Press release
The entire upper floor of the museum is dedicated to Cy Twombly. The highlights of the unique collection include the Roses Gallery and the Lepanto cycle with a room specially created for it.
The exhibition on the upper floor spans a comprehensive arc from Cy Twombly’s early works to his last pieces. Charged, abstract forms, painterly gestures, and approaches to writing are recurring motifs in Twombly’s oeuvre. The scrawling lines applied to mostly white, often dirty-looking backgrounds are reminiscent of New York graffiti as well as inscriptions and carvings on Roman ruins. These and other allusions to his adopted country Italy and the Mediterranean culture can be found as topoi in his works.
Roses Gallery at Museum Brandhorst
Roses Gallery at Museum Brandhorst
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses) (Detail), 2008
Cy Twombly, Lepanto I, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto II, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto III, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto IV, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto V, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto VI, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto VII, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto VIII, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto IX, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto X, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto XI, 2001
Cy Twombly, Lepanto XII, 2001
Lepanto Gallery at Museum Brandhorst
Lepanto Gallery at Museum Brandhorst
