8 MONDO SCRIPTO
9 MONDO SCRIPTO
Bob Dylan’s most iconic songs, handwritten in pen on paper and accompanied by a corresponding drawing in graphite. As Tom Piazza, a celebrated novelist and writer on American music, wrote in the introduction to the exhibition catalogue, “Dylan’s restlessly creative mind is never wholly satisfied, and those familiar with these songs will find surprise at many a new turn of phrase.The unexpected couplings of these works and images offer a surprisingly intimate door into each song, adding dimension, delight and insight into the artist’s relation to his own work”. In 2019 a landmark retrospective exhibition, Retrospectrum , featuring Dylan’s ar tistic output to date opened at MAM Shanghai, before beginning a tour that will cover Asia, Europe and the USA. The exhibition, which later opened in Beijing at Today’s Ar t Museum in July 2020, re-examines The Drawn Blank Series , The New Orleans Series , Mood Swings , The Beaten Path , and works from Mondo Scripto .
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