'Bob Dylan Retrospectrum' on display in Rome at MAXXI Museum

By VMZ Staff on November 14, 2022

The Capitoline Roman space will host over 100 works by the painter and sculptor Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan's works will be exhibited from December 16 through April 30 next year. There will be over 100 Dylan's works including paintings, watercolors, ink and graphite drawings, metal sculptures, video material, which explore over 60 years of Bob Dylan's creative activity.

Bob Dylan said he was very happy with the permanence of his works in our capital: “It is very gratifying to know that my visual works will be exhibited at MAXXI, in Rome, a very special museum in one of the most beautiful and stimulating cities in the world. This exhibition aims to offer different points of view, which examine the human condition and explore those mysteries of life that continue to perplex us. It is very different from my music, of course, but it has the same intent ”.

Bob Dylan, forged this untitled sculpture from iron and vintage objects, creating a set of gates that stands 11 feet tall and 10 feet wide.

Dylan, the subject of a recent retrospective at the Frost Art Museum, has long been associated with the music world. This is the first work of public art by Dylan in the United States, a legacy to creativity and an entryway to FIU’s campus art museum.

“The collection of the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum has just grown exponentially stronger with the donation of this sculpture by Bob Dylan,” said Museum Director Jordana Pomeroy. “Dylan’s love of visual metaphor exemplified in these metal gates reminds us that creativity and vision knows no bounds. Just as education provides a gateway to academic achievement, this sculpture beckons our visitors to learn through art.” (Fiunews)

Bob Dylan unveils seven-tonne Rail Car sculpture in FranceBob Dylan has unveiled his biggest artwork to date, in the form of a “monumental” sculpture of a railway freight carriage.

Constructed from seven tonnes of wrought iron, Rail Car has been installed on actual train tracks as part of the ‘art and architecture’ trail at Château La Coste vineyard in south-west France. (Uncut) 

 

 

Dylan’s first exhibition of artwork was The Drawn Blank Series, unveiled at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany in 2007. Retrospectrum was initially conceived for the Modern Art Museum (MAM) in Shanghai, China, where it first  .Bob Dylan

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For Dylan, art is simply another way of expressing himself when words fail. But it's also a way of filling time. When at a loose end between concerts he will often sketch. His artwork first became public in the 1970s when it appeared on his album sleeves such as Self-Portrait and Planet Waves. In his drawings Dylan tries to put "orderliness to the chaos around".

Bob Dylan's art is a glimpse of the world through his eyes. These paintings show a man on the periphery, constantly peering in, observing and are somewhat telling of life on tour. Views of hotel rooms, car parks and awkward looking people in bars are just some of the subjects he paints.

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Now Dylan is set to help open a whiskey distillery in fall 2020 under the brand "Heaven's Door."

A news release says Heaven's Door Spirits will transform the 160-year-old Elm Street Church into the Heaven's Door Distillery and Center for the Arts, featuring the distillery, a whiskey library, a restaurant and a 360-seat live performance venue.

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It will also feature Dylan's paintings and metalwork sculptures. Watch the full photogallery at Heaven's Door

A trademark application for the term “bootleg whiskey” had been filed under Mr. Dylan’s name. Among those who noticed the news was Marc Bushala, 52, a lifelong fan and a liquor entrepreneur whose bourbon brand, Angel’s Envy, had just been sold for $150 million. Mr. Bushala said he immediately spent weeks “obsessing over this concept of what a Dylan whiskey could be.” according with The New York Times.
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The artwork on the Heaven's Door bottles draws from Dylan's ironwork to create massive gates. "The iron gates depicted on bottles of Heaven’s Door Whiskey were created by Bob
Dylan at his metalworking shop, Black Buffalo Ironworks, and are comprised of found objects collected from farms and scrap yards across America: 'everything from farm equipment, children’s toys, kitchen utensils and antique fire arms to chains, cogs, axes and wheels,'" the Heaven's Door site writes.

Mr. Dylan is not simply licensing his name. He is a full partner in the business, Heaven’s Door Spirits, which Mr. Bushala said had raised $35 million from investors.

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