Scully Wall Of Light Ocean

In the 1980s and 90s scully embarked on a significant body of work following a number of trips to mexico entitled wall of light.

Scully wall of light ocean.

He would later describe the maya as a culture. Ireland 1945 oil on canvas. View all exhibition catalogues previous. Wall of light museo de arte contemporaneo de monterrey monterrey mexico.

Wall of light beach 2001 sean scully american b. Their stone surfaces scorched by the rays of the sun seemed saturated with tales of the past. 1999 oil on linen 108 x 132 274 3 x 335 3 cm ssp99 25 modern art museum of fort worth fort worth tx. In 1998 following additional trips to mexico and after absorbing the aesthetic implications of his earlier mexico watercolors scully began to create his wall of light series of paintings watercolors pastels and aquatints.

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Painted in 2012 wall of light reef forms part of sean scully s celebrated wall of light series that explores the quality of light through an architectural composition of gestural blocks of colour. 101 6 x 127 cm private collection. Scully s geometric style combines the minimalist aesthetic that prevailed throughout his early years as a painter with the abstract sublime inherited from key figures from the new york school of colour field abstractionists such as barnett newman and mark rothko. Demonstrating a carefully considered play of light and shadow within an architectural matrix this vibrant canvas possesses an evocative range of hues that seem to deliberately link it to its enigmatic title.

Wall of light lecture at the met sean scully studio. Wall of light desert night. Shimmering bricks of red ochre russet blue and black intersect in vertical and horizontal rows creating a glowing abstract cavern of light and shade. The experience had a decisive effect on scully s work in general and led to the development of the wall of light series.

Sean scully s epically scaled wall of light oceanic represents the sophisticated range of his recent oeuvre.