Title

Sean Scully: Body of light.

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (23 July 2004 – 11 October 2004)

Date

(2004)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Paintings, Prints

Documentation

Catalogue

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Sean Scully is one of the most significant international figures of postwar abstract painting. His work draws on the influence of Mark Rothko, bringing a sensuous, painterly quality to the application of geometry. Scully¹s work involves the sequence, variation and repetition of squares, rectangles and chequerboard patterns. This exhibition – conceived and organised by the Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland – is broadly representative of the artist¹s work, consisting of oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, etchings and photographs from the last 15 years. The inclusion of Scully's photographs will provide visitors with an understanding of the starting point for his evocative use of form and colour in vernacular buildings. [Gallery media, 2004].