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Cy Twombly "Blooming" at GAGOSIAN GALLERY



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James Kalm once again goes undercover to bring viewers unauthorized video of Cy Twombly's latest exhibition of paintings, "Blooming: A Scattering of Blossoms and Other Things". With this collection of recent paintings Twombly has encouraged his most lyrical expressions. With a poetic sense influenced by the elegant simplicity of haiku, these pieces have a reduced color spectrum and a basic repeated form manifest as bursts of blooming blossoms. Despite having lived in Europe for the last fifty years, Twombly still holds a major place in postwar American painting. These works bare witness to his continuing vigor as a major influence among young artists.


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i admire your ... ( 3 months ago by MrWowforever)
i admire your defense of mr. twombly, you are in the minority here, but i think there are many artists working today who would disagree with your position on photography replacing 'realist' painting.The work of chuck close, richard estes, marilyn minter and gerhard richter (just to skim the surface)are powerful examples of the rich dialogue between camera and artist. these things co-exist in very interesting ways.just my opinion:)
I certainly agree ... ( 3 months ago by abecedarianism)
I certainly agree with you, but you'll probably find that anybody using this style successfully has used the process or style as the subject to an extent, rather than just a form of illustration (which so many people expect from art).
and as an aside, I thought Hirst's photorealist efforts were awful. that's probably how not to do it.
mr. hirst and mr. ... ( 3 months ago by MrWowforever)
mr. hirst and mr. koons have lately produced a stlye of photorealism, more photo-shop, that i find very unrewarding in person. but i would never dismiss these camera tools from being used;its HOW something is used that counts for me, chuck close uses the camera very intelligently in his paintings. his dialogue with different coloured dots mimics the printing process itself, he makes the darkroom come alive with abstraction while maintaining the image(photo).:)
His composition is ... ( 3 months ago by mytowelisblue)
His composition is simply brilliant!
The worst "artist" ... ( 3 months ago by VitoPossilipo)
The worst "artist" of our time. In German "art" is called "Kunst" a word derived from "k
önnen"- "to can". But what can this man especially?
it is what it is. i ... ( 3 months ago by gwalkron)
it is what it is. i saw the twombly exhibition @ tate modern in london. some i liked, some i didn't. isn't that great?
great job! ( 3 months ago by MrWowforever)
great job!
Tit ( 2 months ago by stephvsilk)
Tit
People who have ... ( 2 months ago by stephvsilk)
People who have difficulty with abstract art, I put this idea to you...
Many people expect art to represent something, to look like some 'thing'. We don't make these demands of musical art forms - we don't expect a song (lyrics aside) to sound like a thing. For example, we don't expect a guitar solo to sound like anything other than a guitar solo in it's own right.
It doesn't have to sound like a bird singing or represent any other 'thing'... (see next post)...
...Why not see ... ( 2 months ago by stephvsilk)
...Why not see paintings and other visual arts in the same way - in their own right, not as representations of a 'thing'.
Just like music, art can express ideas, feelings, emotions, historical events, political viewpoints, or simply be a celebration of paint itself. Jasper Johns painted flags, but the art wasn't about a flag - it was about the way he used paint and colour.
Great job. I lived ... ( 2 months ago by gilsanson)
Great job. I lived in NYC for 7 years, and could never afford a book on Twombly, they were ridicully expensive. Sometimes it feels like art is for rich people, you either live in NY or buy a 60 bucks catalog. Tough choice! No wonder "commoners" often feel alienated from the art world, it is clearly elitist. Until a cheap, taschen type edition on Twombly, this helps to get a more or less clear picture about a great artist recent work. Thanks!
thanks jameskalm ... ( 2 months ago by fox408)
thanks jameskalm for this video,covert filming in a gallery...awesome! i've just been to see his cycles and seasons exhibition at the tate modern uk and it was electric! the thing that really stikes me about this video is the noise... its like a bar on a friday night... walking through cycles and seasons was like viewing his work in a temple ...total silence!
keep doing what you ... ( 2 months ago by arsviri1)
keep doing what you are doing james. great videos..
Check artist ... ( 1 month ago by FineArtsProductions)
Check artist Josignacio Painting
Some of these works ... ( 3 weeks ago by hankjunior)
Some of these works are very sad and i can feel the pain, but with happy colors . i like em.
thanks james
I think Twombly has ... ( 1 week ago by claureic)
I think Twombly has been forgetting the LINE lately. If you look at his early paintings, up to 1964, you see his mastery of line. His current paintings I find kind of decorative; too colorful. Not the Twombly I like, who blows you away by his virtuoso treatment of the line. The works in this video are too contrived; they lack spontaneity, they are too predictable. They just don't surprise you, don't bump you off your comfortable armchair...
he's in his 80's ... ( 1 week ago by MrWowforever)
he's in his 80's now.....tough 'context'
Its an art world ... ( 1 week ago by jameskalm)
Its an art world axiom that your latest show is always your worst show. No matter what they say, people dont like change. For someone with the signature style of a Twombly any variation is seen as a decline, yet that is where the true risk is, even if it gets decorative. JK
The problem here is ... ( 1 week ago by claureic)
The problem here is that this type of colorful paintings do not represent a change; Twombly has been lingering on them for three or four years (with some variations). At first, 3 years ago, they were a little risky (at least to the Twombly aficionado that I am), I agree, but now they really appear decorative, comfortable and not risky at all. Not at all like the risk Guston took in 1970. But nobody's perfect, even Twombly. And thank you James, for this video...
Guston in 1970, 38 ... ( 1 week ago by MrWowforever)
Guston in 1970, 38 years ago, when they were relatively young men. Artists are not fashion designers coming out with a new line every season, contrary to popular perceptions and dubious practices.
I didn't talk about ... ( 1 week ago by claureic)
I didn't talk about change or risk, James did. I am just saying that Twombly has fallen into comfortable and decorative art. I, myself, am not expecting that artist behave like fashion designers as you seem to imply. I expect to be bumped off my armchair, and that is what Twombly did to everybody in 1958 and what Guston did in 1970.
you said the ... ( 1 week ago by MrWowforever)
you said the paintings don't represent a change (see your above comment), then said you didn't talk about change (in the above response). then you talk of the Twombly of 1958...50 years ago! Mr. kalm said, people don't like change, which is true, obviously. I just think it is a lot to expect of an artist to repeat an 'arrival' on the scene (Twombly) or a radical shift in iconography (Guston) every few years....that's my point here:)
I was just replying ... ( 1 week ago by claureic)
I was just replying to a remark by James who used the word change...Now, considering the status Twombly has attained over the years, I do not think it is a lot to expect of him to avoid the decorative. I hope you got my point...
That's right. It ... ( 1 week ago by claureic)
That's right. It was nice conversing with you, though. So long on another Kalm video...



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