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Sean Scully (Dublin, 1945) is one of the most prominent artists in contemporary abstraction. Known for his use of color, Scully has simplified his iconographic repertoire to a series of lines, stripes, and blocks, which have become the distinctive elements of his work. Continue reading Sean Scully
Scully often blends and blurs the boundaries between his own bodies of work, showing not only a prowess in tonal balance and pictorial construction, but also an ability to revisit and recompose the essence of abstraction over time and across decades of production. Continue reading Sean Scully
Sean Scully’s concern for the environment and his focus on nature is reflected in the title of the exhibition. An important component is his book, Endangered Sky, a collaboration with the poet Kelly Grovier, focusing on the plight of bird life, memorializing those already extinct and those which are close to it, which will be launched at Houghton and will be shown in vitrines as part of the exhibition. Continue reading Sean Scully
Santa Cecilia . photos: © Museum of Montserrat
For the first time in his long artistic career, Sean Scully has painted three frescoes in the church of Santa Cecilia, most faithfully following this ancient technique. Continue reading Sean Scully
Begun in 2013, Scully’s Landline series resonates with newfound urgency and freedom. Thick horizontal bands of subtly-layered color provide his compositions with rhythmic pulse, while the interactions between striations of paint bristle with energy. Continue reading Sean Scully
