My cultural life: Artist Sean Scully
Dublin-born artist Sean Scully is known worldwide for his abstract paintings of blocks and stripes of bold colour. read more
Sean Scully: Architecture Of The Sublime
In others, no such reference exists. There is no illusion of perspective, though there is sometimes one of depth – some rectangles detach themselves from the surface and seem to flat in front of the picture plane. If there is a figurative reference here, you have to search hard to find it. The clue, perhaps, might be the notion that, in a subtle way these compositions refer to the sister art of architecture. These paintings are buildings, in more than one sense, created for inspection by the mind. Your mind, as you stop to look.
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Sean Scully on self-belief, election billboards and the perils of rural Germany
Ahead of a major retrospective at the Hungarian National Gallery, Irish abstract artist Sean Scully reflects on six decades of redefining abstraction ... read more
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Ahead of Major Retrospectives, Take a Look at Sean Scully's Latest Monumental Sculptures in Germany
"The Waldfrieden Sculpture Park in Wuppertal, Germany, is presenting an exhibition entitled INSIDEOUTSIDE, by the Irish artist Sean Scully, through Ja... read more