"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas"--Colophon.Includes bibliographical references and index."A succinct account of the life and art of Sean Scully, widely considered to be one of the leading abstract painters of our time. This work sets his entire output within a detailed biographical framework, closely examining the relationship between the artist's paintings and his lesser-known drawings, pastels, watercolors, and prints-areas of Scully's production that are rarely considered together"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Sean Scully : the shape of ideas / Timothy Rub -- The soul of feeling : Sean Scully and the end of art / Kelly Grovier -- Plates -- Sean Scully (1973) / William Feaver -- Sean Scully's absolute paintings (1979) / Sam Hunter -- The Duane Street years (2016) / Deborah Solomon -- Sacred sadness (2006) / Donald Kuspit -- Between the lines : Sean Scully on paper (1996) / Arthur C. Danto -- Building light (2018) / Michael Auping.
Container of (work): Rub, Timothy. Sean Scully. | Philadelphia Museum of Art, organizer, host institution. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, host institution.