a bouquet for cy

I first discovered Cy Twombly’s delicate polaroids
in a bookstore in New York City.
His own images of flowers, of bouquets, fading.
The imperfect moment.
The images resonated for me with a certain familiarity.
I wanted to know more, to see more.
That was 2012.

POLAROIDS

Blurred images of the every day.

Fading bouquets, seascapes, slippers.
Your slippers?
Paintbrushes left in a jar.
Your brushes?
And your favourite tulips,
peonies, roses
as they surrender
their delicate life.

Traces recorded in an instant.

2017, edition of 20
5 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, 17 pages, hardboard cover, accordion book presented in a slipcase (includes 9 images and a poem)
Prints available upon request

Collections
American Academy in Rome; Banff Centre; Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio; Lafayette College; Menil Collection; Occidental College; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; National Poetry Library London; University of Minnesota; University of Toronto; University of Utah; Washington & Lee University

Exhibitions
Poetry, discovered and the work of Cy Twombly, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, 2019
In the garden, Cy Twombly, ONEROOM Books, Rome, Italy, 2018

Press
Traces of Virgil as a Chalk Giant: Ewa Monika Zebrowski’s Meditation on Cy Twombly by James D. Campbell, Ciel variable, Winter 2020