Cy Twombly. Rob McDonald. Studio Notes: My Time with Cy

For the last twenty years of his life, Cy Twombly returned often to Lexington, his hometown in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. During extended visits, he created significant works in modest rented studios. Photographer Rob McDonald, one of his acquaintances there, made photographs inside Twombly’s final storefront studio in Lexington in 2007-08, as well as at the site of Black Mountain College where Twombly created some of his earliest important work. What emerges is an intimate study of ordinary spaces that quietly sheltered the genius of one of the world’s great artists.

Text: Thierry Greub.

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In seinen letzten zwanzig Jahren kehrte Cy Twombly oft in seine Heimatstadt Lexington im Shenandoah Valley in Virginia zurück. Während dieser langen Besuche schuf er bedeutende Arbeiten in bescheidenen gemieteten Ateliers. Der Fotograf Rob McDonald, der zu Twomblys Freundeskreis gehörte, fotografierte 2007-08 dessen letztes Laden-Atelier in Lexington.
Dem Fotografen gelingt es,mit seinen Aufnahmen den einfachen Raum, in denen Twombly zahlreiche Arbeiten seiner großformatigen Alterswerke? geschaffen hat, abzubilden und zu verstehen, warum Twombly auf jeden Komfort verzichtet hat. ein unsentimentales, beeindruckendes Buch.
Text: Thierry Greub.