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Thames & Hudson [ed.] - Sean Scully & On the Line - - Lot 103
Thames & Hudson [ed.] - Sean Scully & On the Line - 2004-2021 On the Line: Conversations With Sean Scully (2021) Sean Scully's paintings of brushy stripes and blocks of sumptuous color are critically acclaimed and widely admired. In this fascinating book, the record of countless hours of conversations between Scully and his friend art critic Kelly Grovier, the painter reflects on his extraordinary journey--from homelessness on the streets of Dublin in the mid-1940s to his current position as one of the most important abstract artists working today. In these revealing conversations, Scully recalls with poignancy and wit his rough-and-tumble childhood in London, his tenacity in the face of rejection from nearly every art school in England, and his rise to prominence in New York in the 1980s. Illustrated throughout with images that capture both the artist and his work, this volume explores Scully's relationship with past masters, from Rembrandt to Mark Rothko, and delves deep into his eventual rejection in the late 1970s of minimalism--the dominant force in abstract art at the time. Punctuated throughout by passionately recounted stories of struggle and loss, perseverance and triumph, the portrait that emerges from these pages is at once intimate and surprising. On the Line reflects the scope of Scully's broad interests and opinions, with segments devoted not only to his attitudes toward the art world and his most significant works, but also culture, politics, and philosophy. Scully communicates with a raw pugnacity that is every bit as hard-hitting as his big brushstrokes. Sean Scully (2004) Irish-born artist Sean Scully is one of today's most admired painters. His abundant artistic output, spanning a period of thirty years, has been the subject of numerous exhibitions worldwide. Like Rothko's blurred rectangles, the vertical and horizontal bands of color that recur in his paintings, evoking doors, windows and walls, make his style instantly recognizable. Although resolutely abstract, his paintings possess a physical, almost corporeal dimension that gives them a striking intensity. The first monograph to cover the whole of Scully's life and work, this book traces his journey from childhood in London's underprivileged districts to Munich, where he now lives, via New York and Barcelona, two cities that have played a fundamental role in the development of his art. It shows how Scully has drawn on sources of influence such as urban rhythms, Afro-American popular music, trips to Morocco and Mexico, cinema and photography to create a highly personal body of work that, while part of the history of abstraction, maintains an ambiguous relationship with the figurative. Illustrated with superb color reproductions, this book presents all the artistic techniques Scully explored throughout his career - oil on canvas and metal, pastel, watercolor, etching, woodcut and photography - offering for the first time a comprehensive overview of his work, from the famous Backs and Fronts of 1981 to the recent Walls of Light, Plaids, Mirrors and Floating Paintings of the 1990s. Thames & Hudson 50
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