Gagosian Gallery has devoted two of its three London spaces, including the new Mayfair gallery, to exhibitions celebrating the work of the late American artist Cy Twombly who has been a cornerstone of Gagosian since the 1980s and inaugurated several Gagosian galleries with exhibitions of new work.Gagosian has launched its new London space at Grosvenor Hill in Mayfair with an exhibition of the artist’s paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, including previously unseen large Bacchus paintings as well as loans from the Cy Twombly Foundation and other collections.Larry Gagosian commented, “It was a tremendous honor that Cy Twombly inaugurated so many of our European galleries with exhibitions of new work. In keeping with this tradition, we are excited to be able to show several previously unseen works as the opening exhibition at the Grosvenor Hill gallery.”At its Davies Street gallery, Gagosian is hosting a fascinating exhibition of Twombly’s stunningly poetic photographs which comprises twenty images of natural subjects including tulips, strawberries, cabbages, and lemons that were taken in Rome and Gaeta between 1985 and 2008.Twombly captured his daily life in photographs from his days as a student in the 1950s to his death in 2011 aged 83, focusing his lens on a range of subjects including the scenery of Virginia and Italy, details of ancient buildings and sculptures, studio interiors, and still lifes of objects and flowers.According to Gagosian, in the early 1990s Twombly began using specialized copiers to enlarge his Polaroid images on matte paper, creating subtle distortions that imbued the images with the timeless qualities of his paintings and sculpture and transcended the mechanical nature of the medium.“Cy Twombly” is at Gagosian Mayfair and Gagosian Davies Street until December 12, 2015Click the slideshow to see a selection of works from the exhibitions
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