Bob Dylan. Retrospectrum | MAXXI

16 December 2022 > 30 April 2023

 

가수 밥 딜런(Bob Dylan)은 조니 미첼(Joni Mitchell)처럼 화가이기도 하다. 노벨상 수상 가수 밥 딜런의 화가 경력을 조명하는 회고전 'Bob Dylan. Retrospectrum'(12/16/2022-4/30/2023)이 이탈리아 로마의 MAXXI 갤러리에서 열리고 있다. 이와 함께 큐레이터 샤이 바이텔(Shai Baitel)이 편집한 밥 딜런 카탈로그(아트북)이 발간됐다. 

 

 

Bob Dylan, Endless Highway, 2015-16, acrylic on canvas

 

Bob Dylan. Retrospectrum | MAXXI

16 December 2022 > 30 April 2023

 

curated by Shai Baitel

#BobDylan #retrospectrum

 

Bob Dylan, Marlboro Man, 2021

 

This exhibition marks Dylan’s life-long journey of creating visual art, emphasizing themes of personal journies and geographies—both inner and exterior.

 

Bob Dylan is an iconic figure whose talents and work span mediums and disciplines and has maintained a devoted practice of visual art for many decades. Retrospectrum is the first European monographic exhibition to explore Dylan’s expansive visual oeuvre.

 

 

Bob Dylan, Vista from Balcony, 2009

 

The multifaceted nature of Dylan is explored through a wide range of artworks, ranging from oil paintings, acrylics, watercolours, ink drawings, pastel and charcoal, and a series of iron sculptures. Through eight thematically-divided sections – Early Works, The Beaten Path, Mondo Scripto, Revisionist, Drawn Blank, New Orleans, Deep Focus and Ironworks – Retrospectrum offers the opportunity to retrace Dylan’s lived experience in the field of visual.

 

The works selected for the Rome exhibition display a visual diary documenting the transformation of the sources and styles that have inspired and influenced Dylan over the years. Through continuous new encounters with ever-changing environments and people, his work constantly evolves in exciting ways, reflecting the sensibility of a genuinely artistic voice.

 

 

 

Bob Dylan, Dark Clouds, triptych, 2021

 

Bob Dylan

The movie in me

From 11 to 30 April, the exhibition expands to include the videogallery show The movie in me: a selection of films and documentaries that retrace the golden and challenging moments of the life and career of a legend.

 

 

 

Publishing

Bob Dylan. Retrospectrum

edited by Shai Baitel

essays by Shai Baitel, Caterina Caselli, Bob Dylan, Alain Elkann, Anne-Marie Mai, Richard Prince, Greg Tate

bilingual edition in Italian and English

Skira, 2022

224 pages

32,5 × 26 cm

€ 35

 

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Bob Dylan. Retrospectrum at MAXXI, the exhibition’s first European venue after the Modern Art Museum (MAM), Shanghai, China and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami, Florida.The work presents an overview of Bob Dylan’s creativity as a painter and sculptor in over 100 drawings, paintings, metal sculptures and videos. With contributions from leading writers, thinkers, and artists—among them Richard Prince, Anne-Marie Mai, Greg Tate, and Alain Elkann—the publication describes the transformative sources and styles that have inspired and influenced Dylan over the years.

 

It traces the persistent evolution of Dylan’s work as he continually makes new encounters with ever-changing environments and people, reflecting the sensibility of a genuinely original artistic voice. As stated by the Editor of the catalogue “Celebrating the prolific life and work of Bob Dylan, this book for Retrospectrum compiles original writings from leading artistic and literary voices. It is virtually impossible to comprehensively represent Dylan’s vast talents and prolific art, but this book offers a poetic and intimate perspective into his works’ impact and influence.”