The big, bulky, striped canvases we know of his from the Modern’s own collection are given some backstory here, starting with Scully’s early attempts to generate space by weaving grids of colored bands, and ticking through five decades of paintings, pastels, prints, drawings and paint sketches.
sean scully
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I see Scully's art with fresh eyes.
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In this age of information static there’s something reassuring about settling into a room full of one artist’s works.