Sean Scully is known for his paintings of bold, opposing stripes, grids and checkerboard patterns. His palette is earthy and rich in browns, blacks and ochres. The inspiration for the striped motif... Read full biography
Sean Scully is known for his paintings of bold, opposing stripes, grids and checkerboard patterns. His palette is earthy and rich in browns, blacks and ochres. The inspiration for the striped motif he uses was from a trip he took to Morocco in 1970. For him, the striped Moroccan fabrics dyed in... Read full biography
Sean Scully is known for his paintings of bold, opposing stripes, grids and checkerboard patterns. His palette is earthy and rich in browns, blacks and ochres. The inspiration for the striped motif he uses was from a trip he took to Morocco in 1970. For him, the striped Moroccan fabrics dyed in deep red and indigo were stunning visually. His early works from the 1970s were more structured than his later works that explored a new instability between the shapes in the canvases. Scully's painting... Read full biography
Sean Scully is known for his paintings of bold, opposing stripes, grids and checkerboard patterns. His palette is earthy and rich in browns, blacks and ochres. The inspiration for the striped motif he uses was from a trip he took to Morocco in 1970. For him, the striped Moroccan fabrics dyed in deep red and indigo were stunning visually. His early works from the 1970s were more structured than his later works that explored a new instability between the shapes in the canvases. Scully's painting style has been compared to that of Frank Stella, Jasper Johns and Brice Marden, but Scullys surfaces seem more natural, with visible brushwork and natural hues. His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum, Metropolitan... Read full biography
Sean Scully is known for his paintings of bold, opposing stripes, grids and checkerboard patterns. His palette is earthy and rich in browns, blacks and ochres. The inspiration for the striped motif he uses was from a trip he took to Morocco in 1970. For him, the striped Moroccan fabrics dyed in deep red and indigo were stunning visually. His early works from the 1970s were more structured than his later works that explored a new instability between the shapes in the canvases. Scully's painting style has been compared to that of Frank Stella, Jasper Johns and Brice Marden, but Scullys surfaces seem more natural, with visible brushwork and natural hues. His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the High Museum and the Mary Boone Gallery in New York. Other public collections... Read full biography
Sean Scully - Artist Info
About Sean Scully: Books
Books & Publications (18)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Sean Scully: Retrospective (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Kuspit, Donald; Maris Lluisa Boras, Danilo Eccher and Lorand Hegyi
176 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Sean Scully Twenty Years 1976-1995 (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Rifkin, Ned
160 pages (color)
The Mystical Now Art and the Sacred
1993
Beckett, Wendy
160 pages (color)
Large Scale Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1991
John Berggruen Gallery
47 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Nothing If Not Critical Selected Essays on Art and Artists
1990
Hughes, Robert
429 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
40th Biennial Exhibition Contemporary American Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Rifkin, Ned (organizer)
78 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)