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Item Number: 130678
Title: SEAN SCULLY : Figure Abstract
Author: O'Sullivan, Marc (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9783775739009
Description: Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2014. 30cm., hardcover, 200pp., 200 illus. Exhibition held at Ludwig Museum, Koblenz. German-English text. Summary: Sean Scully (*1945 in Dublin) is considered one of the most significant abstract painters of our time. For decades he has produced a wealth of variations on his core theme of lines and stripes, creating works with a fascinating range of tone and expression that ranges from the romantic to the melancholic. Early on in his career Scully did figural work, to which he still feels indebted; “To this day my paintings retain a sense of body, and the feeling of a physical relationship with the world.” He considers German Expressionism one of his sources of inspiration and specifically cites the influence of artists André Derain, Henri Matisse, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The stroke of the brush is a visible component of his painterly abstractions. The edges of his fields of color are delineated by hand, which lends his compositions a haptic quality. Presenting surprising new perspectives on the artist’s work, this publication is the first study on the interplay between figuration and abstraction in Scully’s oeuvre.
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