Sean Scully Wall Of Light

Dublin city gallery the hugh lane dublin ireland.

Sean scully wall of light.

See available prints and multiples paintings and works on paper for sale and learn about the. View all exhibition catalogues previous next. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. He described the maya as a culture of walls and light.

View exhibition sean scully galerie neue meister staatliche kunstsammlungen dresden dresden germany. In this series scully transcribed his experience of color and light as he traveled through mexico and witnessed the interplay of light and shadow on the stacked stones of ancient ruins and architectural formations. In the early 1980s sean scully made the first of several influential trips to mexico where he used watercolor for the first time to paint works inspired by the patterns of light and shadows he saw on the stacked stones of ancient walls. He made a watercolor to try to capture the sensation and this was followed by two more the second of which was titled wall of light 4 84 1984.

Scully s wall of light and landline series. View sean scully s 1 384 artworks on artnet. Sean scully is an american irish artist known for his abstract paintings composed of brushy layers of alternating colored squares or stripes. A mezzanine done over in bricks evocative and immediate wall of light desert night a 1999 oil on canvas by sean scully right one of some 200 works in the series wall of light dozens of.

Perhaps his best known works are his ongoing wall of light paintings. The wall of light series by celebrated artist sean scully born 1945 will be the focus of an exhibition at the metropolitan museum of art from september 26 2006 through january 15 2007. In the 1980s and 90s scully embarked on a significant body of work following a number of trips to mexico entitled wall of light. In 1983 84 while traveling in mexico mr.

Wall of light will showcase the artist s most important series to date and highlight his mastery of color light gesture and range of emotional and narrative themes. Scully s wall of light series is his most important series to date. 2000 oil on linen 96 x 144 in. He became fascinated with the surfaces of mayan stone walls which animated by light seemed to reflect the passage of time.

Begun in the late 1990s these architectonic configurations of colour were inspired by trips scully took to mexico. Inspired by a trip to mexico more than twenty years ago the wall of light series builds from the artist s memory of light and shadow playing on ancient mayan ruins. Specifically by the patterns of light and shadow he saw on the stacked stones of ancient maya walls. Scully became fascinated by the southern sun s play of light on walls in particular on the monumental mayan ruins.

Scully s exploration of surface texture and abstract forms in these works evokes a range of emotional and narrative themes. View all exhibition catalogues previous. 243 8 x 365 8 cm ssp00 06 public collection. Exhibitions sean scully galeria carles taché barcelona spain.

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