In his article, art critic Kelly Grovier explores how Sean Scully's painting 'Backs and Fronts' redefined minimalism when first presented at PS1 in New York in 1981. Consisting of 11 panels composed of richly coloured stripes, this 20-foot-long painting encapsulates Scully's influences from art historical figures such as Picasso and Mondrian to jazz music and moroccan fabrics. The radical dynamism of the painting – both in terms of colour and movement – was unseen at the time, and translated into an artwork strong enough to rejuvenate the abstract painting scene. Read the article with the below link. 

Sean Scully featured on BBC

Sean Scully is one the most acclaimed artists of his generation. Mostly known for abstract paintings in which he constantly renews a visual lexicon based on colour blocks and stripes, he is also an accomplished storyteller who brilliantly comments on art history as well as his own practice. This publication compiles conversations held over the phone with critic and poet Kelly Grovier.

On the Line: Conversations with Sean Scully

The exhibition comprises all major periods of the artist’s oeuvre from early works of the 1960s, through the minimalism of the 1970s, and the compositions of the 1980s built from expressive bands and marked by plasticity, to his groups of works associated with window and wall motifs, all the way to his recent turn to figuration. 

Sean Scully at the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Sean Scully conceived his exhibition 'Insideoutside' in Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden as a dialogue between the park and the architecture of the museum, producing several new indoor and outdoor sculptures on this occasion. 

Sean Scully: Insideoutside

Wall of Light Cubed

Sean Scully has conceived new site-specific works for Waldfrieden Sculpture Park in dialogue with the surrounding landscape. A series of sculptures up to five metres high are dotted about the fourteen hectares of verdant woodland. 

Sean Scully at Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany

Arles-Abend-Vincent 2

Harriet Lloyd-Smith interviews Sean Scully ahead of his major retrospective the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, contemplating a sixty year career. 

Sean Scully in Wallpaper

On self-belief, election billboards and the perils of rural Germany, 21 Oct 2020

Press

Press

Sean Scully featured on BBC

Backs and Fronts: the Painting that Changed the Course of Art, 28 Sep 2021

Books

Books

On the Line: Conversations with Sean Scully

Thames & Hudson, 30 Sep 2021

External exhibitions

External exhibitions

Sean Scully at the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Passenger, 14 Oct 2020 – 31 May 2021

Books

Books

Sean Scully: Insideoutside

Exhibition Catalogue

External exhibitions

External exhibitions

Sean Scully at Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany

INSIDEOUTSIDE, 11 Jun 2020 - 3 Jan 2021

Artist

Artist

Sean Scully