Scully Wall Of Light Ocean

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.

Scully wall of light ocean.

Kelly grovier and michael auping publisher. Wall of light beach 2001 sean scully american b. View all exhibition catalogues previous. 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.

He would later describe the maya as a culture. Initiated in 1998 and pursued as a centerpiece of his oeuvre ever since the series was inspired by a trip to mexico in 1983 where scully was fascinated by the play of light on the yucatan ruins. Subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 1 31k. Ireland 1945 oil on canvas.

1999 oil on linen 108 x 132 274 3 x 335 3 cm ssp99 25 modern art museum of fort worth fort worth tx. Their stone surfaces scorched by the rays of the sun seemed saturated with tales of the past. 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.

View all exhibition catalogues previous next. Wall of light lecture at the met sean scully studio. Sean scully s epically scaled wall of light oceanic represents the sophisticated range of his recent oeuvre. 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.

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. Wall of light museo de arte contemporaneo de monterrey monterrey mexico. Wall of light desert night. 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.

101 6 x 127 cm private collection.