Image: Sean Scully
Uist, 1991, by Sean Scully (American, born Ireland 1945) (Private Collection. Courtesy of Beaumont Nathan Art Advisory) © Sean Scully
Museum Exhibitions

Sean Scully The Shape of Ideas

10 April—31 July 2022
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Encounter the poetic sensibility and technical virtuosity of one of the leading abstract artists of our time. Sean Scully’s arresting paintings and works on paper, presented here in a comprehensive fifty-year retrospective, explore his signature stripes and reflect the artist’s bold experimentation with scale and composition. From the intimate to the monumental, the works on view stir the spirit and reveal Scully’s tireless dedication to the expressive power of painting.

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