CY Twombly Paris 1986 (announcement)

1986

Cy Twombly Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome 1958: RARE 1950’s announcement card illustrated by Twombly, on the occasion of, what is believed to be Twombly’s first ever European Exhibitio...

New York/New Wave PS1 1981: A rare, highly sought after Basquiat collectible announcing Basquiat (as SAMO) in his first major show. Curated by the great Basquiat champion, Diego Cortez, the show would mark Jean-Michel's official unveiling to the art world. A historical document of the New York downtown art scene of the time, additional participants included (with their names listed on the poster): Keith Haring, Futura 2000, Andy Warhol, Kenny Sharf, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, Dondi, Lady Pink, Lawrence Weiner & many more figures of historic acclaim. Basquiat credit (as SAMO) found in the lower area of the top second area. Folding exhibition poster; 22 x 34 inches. Fair overall vintage condition; minor signs of handling; minor separation to folds in a few areas. Few known to have survived in good condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown; RARE. Poster design by Randolph Black. Glenn O'brien, Artforum 2003: "1981: “NEW YORK/NEW WAVE”: "In June of ’80 the spectacular “Times Square Show,” mounted in an abandoned multistory massage parlor on Forty-first Street and Seventh Avenue, took things to a whole new level. The show was as funky as its surroundings and as lively a happening as had been seen since the ’60s. Artists dropped in and contributed to this nonstop party, a continuous work-in-progress that featured not only the best young artists but also film, video, and live music performances. It brought worlds together—the uptown (as in the Bronx) with the downtown. The institutional emergence of this new force took place in mid-February 1981, in the “New York/New Wave” show at P.S. 1 in Long Island City, a spectacular exhibition featuring 119 artists (more or less) and curated by Diego Cortez. Mammoth in scale, “New York/New Wave” offended purists as much by its maximalist approach as by its content. Cortez hung the art from floor to ceiling, throughout the galleries and the halls. He brought together a coalition of punks, No Wave musicians, young painters, graffiti artists, poets, performers, and more radical-type forefathers like Ray Johnson, Lawrence Weiner, William Burroughs, and Andy Warhol to create a museum–as–fun house that engaged the eye and mind relentlessly. I find quite a few names who went on to serious things: Kathy Acker, David Armstrong, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Byrne, Sarah Charlesworth, Henry Chalfant, Larry Clark, Arch Connelly, Jimmy de Sana, Dondi, Brian Eno, Fab 5 Freddy, Peter Fend, Futura 2000, Jedd Garet, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Duncan Hannah, Roberto Juarez, Bill Komoski, Greer Lankton, Lady Pink, Marcus Leatherdale, Arto Lindsay, Judy Linn, John Lurie, Lydia Lunch, Ann Magnuson, Christoper Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Frank Moore, Lee Quinones (LEE), Rene Ricard, Kenny Scharf, Kate Simon, Duncan Smith...

Cy Twombly Exhibition Leaflet - Galleria La Tartaruga 1958 is a very rare and precious exhibition leaflet of Cy Twombly. Ivory colored cardboard. ...

Untitled, Sarayevo Winter Olympic Games 1984, is an etching with aquatint and lithograph in colors realized by Cy Twombly on the occasion of the Winter Olympics Games 1984 in Sarajev...