Description
A collection of Sean Scully's photographs of Aran Island's stone walls
About the Author
Sean Scully was born in Dublin in 1945. He grew up in London and works in New York and Barcelona. He has exhibited widely in Europe and the United States: including exhibitions at the Kunstammlung Nordeim Westfalen in Dusseldoerf, Germany, (2001); the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2000); the Milwaukee Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, and Albright-Knox Gallery (1998-99); Galeria Arte Moderna,Villa delle Rose in Bologna, and Galerie National de Jeu de Paumme in Paris (1996). His work may be found in museum collections worldwide, such as the Guggenheim Museum in New York;The Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C.; Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain;Tate Gallery in London, England;The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland; and Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan. Colm Toibin is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist and critic. Toibin is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University.
Reviews
'The book is self-contained and pleasing as a piece of work in itself. It sticks to the point' - Irish Times
'Successfully conveys the special magic of those far western parts and of the encounter between man and stone and the elements' - Books ireland
Book Information
ISBN 9780500545133
Author Sean Scully
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 460g