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On the Line - Conversations with Sean Scully (Hardcover)
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On the Line - Conversations with Sean Scully (Hardcover)
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A unique insight into the life and art of Sean Scully, an
internationally celebrated artist and creative practitioner at the
height of his powers. Sean Scully's paintings of brushy stripes and
blocks of sumptuous colour are critically acclaimed and widely
admired. Less well known is what a gifted storyteller and profound
commentator on the history of art he is. In this fascinating book,
the record of countless hours of conversations with Scully's
friend, the art critic Kelly Grovier, the painter reflects on his
extraordinary journey - from homelessness on the streets of Dublin
in the mid-1940s to his current position as one of the most
important abstract artists working today. In these revealing
conversations, Scully recalls with poignancy and wit his
rough-and-tumble childhood in London (where his family moved when
he was a toddler), his tenacity in the face of rejection from
nearly every art school in England, and his rise to prominence in
New York in the 1980s. Illustrated throughout with images that
capture both the artist and his work, this volume explores Scully's
relationship with past masters, from Rembrandt to Rothko, and
delves deep into his eventual rejection in the late 1970s of
minimalism - the dominant force in abstract art at the time.
Punctuated throughout by passionately recounted stories of struggle
and loss, perseverance and triumph, the portrait that emerges from
these pages is at once intimate and surprising. The book reflects
the scope of Scully's broad interests and opinions, with segments
devoted not only to his attitudes towards the art world and his
most significant works, but also culture, politics and philosophy.
Scully communicates with a raw pugnacity that is every bit as
hard-hitting as his big brushstrokes. With 146 illustrations in
colour
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