Cy Twombly: Leaving Paphos Ringed with Waves Chris Wiley and Two Sculptures at Gagosian

and Two Sculptures at Gagosian

In these bold black-and white images

as well as archival photographs of Hantaï in his studio and at home

In each of the drawings

inspired by a phrase he saw inscribed in stone above the entrance to the science block of Los Angeles’s storied Hollywood High School

Cy Twombly: Leaving Paphos Ringed with Waves Chris Wiley and Two Sculptures at GagosianThis poster featuring Leaving Paphos Ringed with Waves (I) (2009) was produced in 2009, in conjunction with Cy Twombly: Leaving Paphos Ringed with Waves at Gagosian, Athens. This exhibition inaugurated the Athens gallery and featured a group of four canvases inspired by a quote from the seventh century BCE choral lyric poet Alkman. Twomblys abbreviation of the original line announces the departure from Paphos, a city sacred to the goddess Aphrodite.