Sean Scully: with 200 illustrations, 190 in color - Couverture rigide

Carrier, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500093121 ISBN 13 : 9780500093122

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

This fully illustrated monograph presents an account of Sean Scully's entire life and career to date, from his childhood in 1950s London to the present day in Munich. Reproductions of his works illustrate the text, and photographs taken by the artist show some of the forms that inspire him.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Published for the 56th Venice Biennale, a complete monograph devoted to the Irish-born American-based painter and printmaker who has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee. Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1945, Sean Scully has gained international prominence as one of the most admired contemporary abstract painters today. Fusing the traditions of European painting with the distinct character of American abstraction, Scully’s great achievement is the reinvigoration of abstract painting with the metaphorical, the philosophical, and the sublime combined with the earthy tangibility of paint. 
From his precisely gridded works of the 1970s to the three-dimensional panels of the 1980s and his now celebrated Wall of Light paintings from the 1990s, this volume gathers the entire oeuvre of the artist, whose work is held in numerous public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; and the Tate, London.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In trent'anni di attività Sean Scully ha indagato incessantemente la pittura astratta, riuscendo a rinvigorirla grazie alla capacità di comunicare valori universali cercando sempre di comprendere la condizione umana. Sia sfidando sia richiamando le tradizioni moderne, l'artista usa un vocabolario solo apparentemente riduttivo, e lo usa come metafora della vulnerabilità delle relazioni umane. Le strisce di colore orizzontali e verticali che interagiscono con luce e ombra, catturano letteralmente chi osserva. Nei contrasti tra i colori, i cui confini non casuali vengono segnati e rispettati meticolosamente, Scully sintetizza e trasmette la dualità tra l'armonia e la dissonanza che regolano l'universo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0500093121
• ISBN 13: 9780500093122
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible