Untitled I 1967

Editor: This is Cy Twombly’s "Untitled I," an undated print in the Tate collection. It feels like rows of hurried, repeated marks. What can you tell me about it? Curator: Note the layering and repetition – how does Twombly's process of mark-making comment on mass production versus individual expression? Consider how the printmaking medium itself plays a role in this tension. Editor: So it's about the relationship between the artist's hand and mechanical reproduction? Curator: Precisely. It invites us to question the value we place on originality and the artist's labor in a world saturated with mass-produced images. It makes you think, doesn't it? Editor: It does. I never thought of it that way before. Thanks!