Naming the Gods: Cy Twombly’s Passionate Poiesis Luke Nikas and southwest England

and southwest England

musician and writer Richard Hell muses on these images’ connections to children’s drawings

eyewitness memory can change

Martin Clark

Naming the Gods: Cy Twombly’s Passionate Poiesis Luke Nikas and southwest EnglandNaming the Gods: Cy Twomblys Passionate Poiesis is a monographic study by clinical psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst Gary D. Astrachan. The books analysis focuses on Twombly and his radically creative practice, framing it in relation to classical Greek mythology. Astrachan examines Twomblys work through the entwined figures of Orpheuslyre player, lover, and traveler to the underworldand Dionysos Bacchusgod of wine, ecstasy, and madness. These two