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Sean Scully: Walls of Aran

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Sean Scully has had a successful career for the past few decades painting what he loves most: line and bars of color that are immediately recognizable as his work but at the same time presenting an endless exploration of light and color using this format the way a conjurer would. His paintings have not varied in style but his palette his grown progressively more sophisticated.

This major volume by Thames and Hudson explores the life of Scully from the 1950s in England to his various studios throughout the world. Not only is the book filled with very fine color reproductions of his work, but it also enters his studios, showing us the artist as personality.

The text is by David Carrier and instead of the usual 'point and tell' manner of writing he uses the background of his experience as an art historian and critic to unveil the mysteries of Scully's paintings. This is not unlike the manner in which other writers have approached painters such as Mark Rothko, where the words enhance the appreciation of the wash of color that sweeps through this book. Highly recommended - the finest monograph on this uniquely successful painter. Grady Harp, December 06

Beautiful illustrations but all of the text is in French. I guess Thames and Hudson think only the French have an appreciation for great art.