| Sean Scully: Figure Abstract Contributor(s): Scully, Sean, O'Sullivan, Marc (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Reifenscheid, Beate (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 3775739009 ISBN-13: 9783775739009 Publisher: Hatje Cantz OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs |
| Dewey: 759.13 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.6" W x 11.9" (3.04 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sean Scully (born 1945) is one of the most significant abstract painters of our time. He has produced a wealth of variations on his core theme of lines and stripes during his decades-long career, creating works with a fascinating range of tone and expression, from the romantic to the melancholic. Early in his career Scully made figurative work to which he still feels indebted: "To this day my paintings retain a sense of the body, and the feeling of a physical relationship with the world." He considers German Expressionism an important source of inspiration and cites the influence of such artists as Andr Derain, Henri Matisse, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Presenting surprising new perspectives on the artist's work, this publication is the first to study the interplay between figuration and abstraction in Scully's oeuvre. |
