Naming the Gods: Cy Twombly’s Passionate Poiesis t. jahan depicting individuals and smiling couples

depicting individuals and smiling couples seemingly unaware of the random assortments of food

Volta Pavilion

director of the National Portrait Gallery

Kentaro Takekuma

Naming the Gods: Cy Twombly’s Passionate Poiesis t. jahan depicting individuals and smiling couplesNaming 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