Alessandro Twombly
dal 11/9/2013 al 20/12/2013
Segnalato da
11/9/2013
Alessandro Twombly
Blondeau Fine Art Services BFAS, Geneve
Parallel Landscapes. Two series of new acrylic on canvas, ricochet around series of five Untitled (Tropical Blooms) seems background for these ascending vegetal Landscapes reveal figures inspired by nature, one infused with nostalgia.
To coincide with the forthcoming Nuit des Bains on 12 September 2013, Blondeau & Cie is proud to present at its
space at 5 rue de la Muse a solo exhibition of Alessandro Twombly. After the sculptures and works on paper
exhibited in 2012, here are superlative new acrylic on canvas.
Two series, both dated 2013, ricochet around
series of five Untitled (Tropical Blooms) seems
background for these ascending vegetal
Landscapes reveal figures inspired by nature,
sensibility, one perhaps infused with nostalgia.
A nature inspired motif, a recurrent subject with Twombly. The
to take its title from the dazzling cerulean blue that forms the
forms. The ten works in the series Untitled (Parallel
on a grey background that is the product of a quite different
The confrontation of the two series highlights the different compositional elements and presents diverging scales of
intensity. The Tropical Blooms soar up as though still vibrating from the impulse that launched them; they
slash through the radiant blue. Marginal in nature, cerulean color extracts the subject from its natural environment
while accentuating its vegetal identity. The margins of figuration and abstraction are here outlined.
The Parallel Landscapes are organised into whirling natural elements, one above the other, creating parallel
landscapes, as the series’ title suggests. The vivid hues, a constant in Twombly’s production, seem more
discreet here than in previous works, foregrounding the expressivity of the brushstrokes. The material nature of the
paint is revealed to the spectator and emanates a wonderful impression of freedom.
From one painting to the other, the shapes inspired by nature are multiplied, declined and
recomposed into pure vegetal matter. In these canvases of common motif, the spectator can dwell on the
rhythm created between the paintings while discovering the singularities of each.
Alessandro Twombly was born in 1959 in Rome. Today he lives and works in Capranica in the countryside near
Rome. The nature motif has always been present in Twombly’s work. Between abstraction and figuration, he has
maintained an exoticism in his most recent acrylics that will ravish the spectator with its immediacy and intensity.
Image: Untitled (Tropical Blooms) 2013, Acrylic on canvas 192 x 154 cm. 75.6 x 60.6 in.
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