"SEAN SCULLY: BRICKLAYER OF THE SOUL" par Kelly GROVIER. Editions Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern. 2015. Imprimé en Allemagne. Grand in-8, couverture toilée grise, titrée, illustrée en couleurs (état d'usage). 208 pages. Textes en anglais, illustré de très nombreuses reproductions photographiques couleurs, in-texte et hors texte, de travaux de Sean Scully.

 

"In June 30, 2015, the Irish-born American artist Sean Scully, whom the legendary critic Arthur Danto described as "belonging on the shortest of shortlists" for the greatest painter of our age, will celebrate his seventieth birthday. The milestone coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of Scully's enrollment in art school in London, which set him on a path toward international acclaim as one of the world's leading proponents of abstract art. Scully's trajectory, since his first major solo show in London in 1973 to the present day is truly remarkable. (2015 alone will see major solo exhibitions across the globe in Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the United States.) The journey has brought with it representation in every major public art collection in the world and a host of prestigious accolades and awards - including election to the Royal Academy in 2013 and a pair of nominations for the Turner Prize. It has also brought, moreover, the friendship and admiration of a great many celebrated writers across an array of genres including poetry, philosophy, songwriting, fiction, film, and art history. Sean Scully: Bricklayer of the Soul features a remarkable range of such voices and visions, featuring insights from his friend Bono to the acclaimed critic and curator Hans-Ulrich Obrist, from the celebrated novelist Colm Tôibin to the artist's wife and their five-year old son, Oisin. Anecdotes as brief as a sentence to compressed essays of intimacy and eloquence are presented alongside a career-spanning selection of paintings, drawings, photographs, and pastels. Taken as a whole, the spectrum of contributions captures the manifold perspectives from which Scully's art and achievement can be understood and is passionately appreciated across the world. The book is introduced by an essay, "Sean Scully: The Art of Breath," which seeks to locate key aspects of Scully's achievement within the broader unfolding of the history of art." Kelly Grovier.

 

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