Cathy's Art Diary

Interesting exhibition at Bastian showing three portfolios of prints by Cy Twombly from the 1970s. Two of the sets show natural history subjects based on Pliny the Elders book, a theoretical text on the natural world published in 77-79 AD which positioned nature with an interdisciplinary link to art. Part 1 was ten pictures of mushrooms and part 2 eight pictures of Italian trees. Both series included collage elements as well as Twombly’s own drawing. The third set “Five Greek Poets and a Philosopher” were less exciting with just the names written in a childlike script. Closes 15 June 2019