Author: Phillips, Stephen Bennett (Editor)
Title: Sean Scully: Wall of Light
Description: Rizzoli, in Association with The Phillips Collection, 2005. Hardbound. Black boards with color illustrated dustjacket. 173 pp. profusely illustrated in color, over 120 color images. This collection features approximately 60 works by Sean Scully (b. 1945), whose series Wall of Light was on exhibition at The Phillips Collection in Washington DC in October 2005; it is the focus here, along with other paintings. The works, which began to take form in Mexico in the 1980s, include oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, and aquatints. In addition to the color photos of his works, the book incorporates a profile, an essay on his paintings and style describing the combination of European techniques with American abstractionism, an essay connecting the works to architecture, and the illustrations of the works on paper. VG .

Keywords: American Artists ; Scully, Sean ; ;


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