Following on from my previous Blog I again look at the scrawling wave-like letters that mesmerize and make me want to look more deeply beyond the canvas, what is Twombly saying here? Again is the poetic gestures these words elicit, am I reading to much into the work, should we just enjoy the work for what it is, I think not. Describe in an essay by Christie’s auction house, where the painting reportedly sold in excess of $69,000,000.
“The nuance and strength of expression that Twombly manages to inflect in his line while still maintaining a continuous rhythm and flow are what makes these lasso-works truly exceptional. Twombly’s incisive and idiosyncratic line simultaneously manages to express both a continuity and fracturing of this flow, which generates a pervasive sense of dynamic independent movement caught up in a collective progression caused by an irresistible, insistent and perpetual force.”
Looking at Twombly’s graphic blackboard series the artist signature style is so evident, as I have said it is mesmerizing the abstraction of letters, words the delicacy of the brush on the canvas the gigantic loops the visual communication the physicality the embodiment, all project an inquiry, what is Twombly saying? There is plenty written about his connection with the poet Stephane Mallarme, my thoughts lead to this painting being a communication dialogue with himself that alludes to personal thoughts, hidden meaning, we as the viewer need to look beyond the surface. These hidden meanings are what i am delving into in my practice today.