Cy Twombly is an artist it took me a while to understand, now he is high on my list of the most inspiring artists I can think of. The topic of "words in art" (the current rage of hipsters) came up the other night and no one thought of Twombly as being an early adopter. I think he is somewhat under-recognized even though he has clearly done about as well as any major artist has. It has been over 10 years since there was a major retrospective in New York at MOMA. I for one would love to see another one soon. He had one last year at the age of 80 at the Tate Museum, London.
