Cy Twombly - The Second Part of the Return from Parnassus (detail) (wax crayon, lead pencil, oil paint, and colored pencil on canvas) 1961
the art institute has moved it nice collection of Cy Twombly sculptures to the room that formerly housed the Robert Ryman pieces - The Elliot Room (Charter Series). mainly, the organization is different, giving less space to walk around the sculptures :(, but the large windows do give the sculptures better light than their previous room :).
Cy Twombly - Untitled, Rome (wood, plaster, clay, and white paint) 1985-95
Cy Twombly - Untitled, New York (wood, cloth, nails, and house paint) 1955
i spent a decent amount of time with Twombly, as well as the gutted galleries around the courtyard in the back of the museum. after working for a few institutions i have come to understand that places like these are not so holy or perfect as they are made to seem - they are just as flawed as any other man-made thing, but i am still delighted to see instances like this that show the institution in a different light. with it's facade removed.
then i went up to walkway that leads to the park and photographed the lucky pennies, batteries, and keys that people had tossed onto the ledge. there is more water and rust in it now too.
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