Barbara Crawford's Homage to Cy Twombly at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio
Barbara Crawford's exhibition 'Transcending Blue' at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio in Rome pays homage to her university friend Cy Twombly. The show features two installations: 'Long Wall Panel' and 'Pyramids'. The first is a site-specific mosaic referencing Twombly's painting 'Blue Ridge Mountains Transfixed by a Roman Piazza' (1962) and a calligram by Dean Rader. The second, 'Pyramids', is an assemblage of iridescent pyramids in blue, azure, and green, which have shifted in meaning across venues—from Italy to Malta, Assisi, and Sicily—now symbolizing sea, sky, and air. Crawford collaborated with Twombly on his Louvre mural 'The Ceiling' and was involved in a dispute over its revision. The exhibition aims to recreate Twombly's exact shade of blue, dubbed 'Twomblue'.
Key facts
- Barbara Crawford's exhibition 'Transcending Blue' is at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio in Rome.
- The show includes two installations: 'Long Wall Panel' and 'Pyramids'.
- 'Long Wall Panel' is a site-specific mosaic referencing Twombly's 1962 painting 'Blue Ridge Mountains Transfixed by a Roman Piazza'.
- The mosaic also references a calligram by poet Dean Rader.
- 'Pyramids' is an assemblage of iridescent pyramids in blue, azure, and green.
- The meaning of 'Pyramids' changed across exhibitions: initially symbolizing land, people, and government of Italy; then past, present, future in Malta; and now sea, sky, and air.
- Crawford and her husband collaborated with Twombly on his Louvre mural 'The Ceiling'.
- The exhibition seeks to recreate Twombly's exact shade of blue, called 'Twomblue'.
Entities
Artists
- Barbara Crawford
- Cy Twombly
- Dean Rader
- Roni Horn
- Simonides of Ceos
- Horace
Institutions
- Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio
- Louvre
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Lexington
- Virginia
- Malta
- Assisi
- Sicily
- San Francisco