Sean Scully Walls of Aran (Hardback) /anglais - Couverture rigide

Scully, Sean

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ISBN 10 : 0500543399 ISBN 13 : 9780500543399

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Sean Scully is one of today's best-loved abstract painters. His familiar signature style of lines or bands of colour, alluding to architectural elements such as portals, windows and walls, is one of the most instantly recognizable in contemporary painting. This book brings together for the first time his photographs of the dry stone walls found on the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland.

A propos du livre

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0500543399
• ISBN 13: 9780500543399
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128