Sean Scully
Subtitle: Celtique
By: Château de Boisgeloup; original essay by Joachim Pissarro; English to French translation by Alexandre Carayon
Contributors: Pissarro, Joachim, writer of essay; Carayon, Alexandre, translator; Almine Rech Gallery; Château de Boisgeloup (Gisors, France)
Publisher: Almine Rech Gallery; Almine Rech Editions
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9782930573342
Subjects: Abstract Art; American Art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Celtique
Work titles: Works
Description: 'Boisgeloup Opens its Doors to Scully', or 'Scully Opens his Doors to Boisgeloup'. 'Ideas and plans that existed in the mind at the start were simply the doorway through which one left the world in which they occur'- Mark Rothko. 'What makes him the most important abstract artist of his generation is his capacity to utilize [older] sources as a door to essentially unpredictable ways.' -David Carrier. The image of the door or doorway offers an abiding metaphor, or unifying thread that can be traced through much of Sean Scully's work over the past decades. In his own words, Scully has 'always been fascinated with the architecture, the architectural metaphor, of the door, of the passing through.' Indeed, the door is most evidently visible, even palpable, in the projections, retractions, and clashing of orthogonal and parallel bands, constitutive of his iconic stripe paintings. The doorway often functions (like the window, another metaphor Scully is fond of) as a conduit between light and obscurity, outside and inside - a way of looking at two things at once, a way of actually inserting another presence into a field.'- Joachim Pissarro. Exhibition: Château de Boisgeloup, Gisors, France (26.10.-17.11.2019)
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Château de Boisgeloup, Gisors, France from October 26 - November 17, 2019

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