Sean Scully: Figure/Abstract

O'Sullivan, Marc; Reifenscheid, Beate; Scully, Sean

ISBN 10: 3775739009 / ISBN 13: 9783775739009

Published by Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2014

About this Item

200 pages 180 illustration most in color. A few minor bumps to the corners with minor soiling to the paper boards. A bump to the head of the spine. Illustrated boards. Text is in English and German. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz August 31- November 16, 2014. Select Biography.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sean Scully: Figure/Abstract
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers, Ostfildern-Ruit
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775739009
• ISBN 13: 9783775739009
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Sean Scully (born 1945) is one of the most significant abstract painters of our time. He has produced a wealth of variations on his core theme of lines and stripes during his decades-long career, creating works with a fascinating range of tone and expression, from the romantic to the melancholic. Early in his career Scully made figurative work to which he still feels indebted: "To this day my paintings retain a sense of the body, and the feeling of a physical relationship with the world." He considers German Expressionism an important source of inspiration and cites the influence of such artists as André Derain, Henri Matisse, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Presenting surprising new perspectives on the artist's work, this publication is the first to study the interplay between figuration and abstraction in Scully's oeuvre.