Classic Greek art, especially Sculpture, is synonymous of perfection. The perfect shape of marble bodies. The smooth and candid surfaces. The bright grains of the matter that hypnotize and underline the beauty of the sculptured faces.
Apollo, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Orpheus. And then, Cy Twombly.
His collages, paint brushes and assemblages, capture the sense of the myth. The artworks showcased at the Museum of Cycladic Art of Athens are not didactic representations of the ancient classic works, but immediate and sensitive reactions to the essence of their beauty.
The gift of an urgent gesture that doesn’t want to compete, but pay homage. A homage to the core of meanings that these gods, goddesses and creatures keep.
Everything is pure. Touching. A divine dialogue.
Text by the PhotoPhore
“Divine Dialogues – Cy Twombly and Greek antiquity” is hosted at the Museum of Cycladic Art of Athens until September 3, 2017.
For the first time, 27 works by Cy Twombly inspired by Greek mythology and his close ties with Greece, are presented alongside 12 ancient artworks, revealing a unique and original dialogue between ancient Greek and contemporary art.
The exhibition includes representative drawings and sculptures by the contemporary artist, such as Venus (1975), Pan (1975), Nike (1981), Apollo (1975), Dionysus (1975), Orpheus (1979), Aristaeus mourning the loss of his bees (1973) and Aphrodite Anadyomene (1979).
These works “converse” with a series of ancient artworks such as the Torso of Aphrodite Anadyomene from the Archaeological Museum of Paphos, the Relief with representation of Orpheus, Eurydice, and Hermes from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, the Statue of Dionysus from the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, the Statuette of Apollo and the Figurine of winged Nike from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Divine Dialogues
25.05.2017 – 03.09.2017
Images courtesy of Museum of Cycladic Art. Photos by Paris Tavitian
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