In his large-format paintings, Sean Scully layers colors on top of each other to create opulent paintings. Most of the time, the pictorial composition is strictly divided into vertical and horizontal stripes, while the application of color is gestural and emotional. In the process, "Walls of Light", poetic walls of color of great physical force, powerful and permeable at the same time, are created.

The catalogue accompanying the exhibition at the Langen Foundation is devoted to the musicality of Scully's abstract compositions and their artistic play with the power of color. The spectrum ranges from works on paper from the late 1960s, to his expansive paintings, and monumental steel and iron sculptures of recent years, with which Scully's idea of art leaves the exhibition space and transcends into the outside world.

About the Author
SEAN SCULLY (*1945, Dublin) is one of the most famous artists of his generation. In addition to numerous exhibitions worldwide, he has been honored with important awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship and Harckness Fellowship.


Book Information
ISBN 9783775752183
Author Mara Sporn
Format Hardback
Page Count 96
Imprint Hatje Cantz
Publisher Hatje Cantz
Weight(grams) 480g