CY Twombly Untitle 1970

CY Twombly "Untitle" 1970.

Oil-based house paint and crayon on canvas, 13' 3 3/8" x 21' 1/8" (405 x 640.3 cm).

It’s a very big scale canvas. Despite the scale, people will think it’s a graffiti by an innocent kid. The composition of the lines scribble evenly all over the black canvas. The volume of the lines seem the fur from an animal.Further checking the details, the white fluid, continuous lines with horizontal direction writing goes smoothly and naturally. The only subjects on the canvas is the repetitive, overlaid lines. Some areas with smudges seems covering with a thin layer of gauze. The placement of the lines on the big field is energetic. I heard that Twombly made this work using an unusual technique: he sat on the shoulders of a friend, who shuttled back and forth along the length of the canvas, thus allowing the artist to draw the lines. lines.
I can feel the rhyme of lines with elegant melody seems to tell a story related to the artist his own. I am waiting someone can tell me the truth about the story. It’s a myth of the painting and shapes and forms imply the unique visual language which only the creator can understand and translate it.