Sean Scully 肖恩·斯卡利 Born 1945 Post-Minimalism Neo-Minimalism American

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Sean Scully was born in Ireland in 1945 and grew up in London. He studied painting at Croydon College of Art from 1965–67 and at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1967–71. In 1972 Scully was awarded a Knox Fellowship to study art at Harvard University, and in 1975, based on the merit of his early paintings, Sully won a Harkness Fellowship, which allowed him to move permanently to New York. Scully’s art is composed of geometric shapes, primarily rectangles, arranged on horizontal and vertical axes evoking architectural forms. In its harmony and spirituality, his paintings recall the traditions of early European modernism, particularly the work of Henri Matisse and Piet Mondrian, and in mood and open-ended composition, Pollock’s and Rothko’s versions of abstract expressionism. Scully’s work reconciles European order with American vigor, or more specifically, how to combine Mondrian's clarity with Matisse's sensuousness, Pollock's rhythm, and Rothko's fluidity, a question to which he gives slightly different answers with each completed work.
In the tradition of Mattisse and Rothko, Scully uses a variety of color palettes ranging from black and rich hues of brown and red, to vibrant colors such as pink, canary yellow, and azure blue. Each color scheme represents a different group of paintings and stage of development in Scully’s artistic career. Scully continues to investigate and elaborate on various geometric forms in different media: for example, oil, pastel, or watercolor compositions focusing on stripes. In 1981, he began experimenting with differing panel sizes such as The Phillips Collection’s Red and Red (1986).
From 1977–1983, Scully taught at Princeton University and in 1983 established his own studio in New York, and he has other studios in Germany, England, and Spain. With his subtle and diverse color combinations and strong compositional constructions, Scully continues as a highly regarded contemporary artist. Scully’s works are collected by many museums around the world, including The Phillips Collection, which was the second American museum to acquire his work.
肖恩·斯卡利於1945年在愛爾蘭出生，在倫敦長大。他於1965 - 1967年在克羅伊登藝術學院學習繪畫，1967年至71年在泰恩河紐卡斯爾大學學習。 1972年，Scully獲得了諾克斯獎學金，在哈佛大學學習藝術，1975年，根據他早期繪畫的優點，Sully獲得了Harkness獎學金，讓他永久地移居紐約。 Scully的藝術由幾何形狀組成，主要是矩形，佈置在水平和垂直軸上，喚起建築形式。在他的和諧與靈性中，他的作品回顧了歐洲早期現代主義的傳統，特別是亨利·馬蒂斯（Henri Matisse）和彼得·蒙德里安（Piet Mondrian）的作品，以及波洛克和羅斯科（Rothko）的抽象表現主義的心情和開放結構。 Scully的工作使歐洲秩序與美國的活力相協調，或者更具體地說，如何將Mondrian的清晰度與馬蒂斯的感性，波洛克的節奏和羅斯科的流動性結合在一起，這個問題與每個完成的作品都有不同的答案。
在Mattisse和Rothko的傳統中，Scully使用各種調色板，從黑色和豐富的棕色和紅色色調到充滿活力的色彩，如粉紅色，金絲雀黃色和天藍色。每個配色方案都代表了Scully藝術生涯中不同的繪畫和發展階段。 Scully繼續研究和闡述不同媒體中的各種幾何形式：例如，油畫，柔和或水彩作品集中在條紋上。 1981年，他開始嘗試不同的面板尺寸，如“菲利普斯系列”的紅與紅（1986）。
從1977年至1983年，Scully在普林斯頓大學教書，1983年在紐約建立了自己的工作室，在德國，英國和西班牙也有其他工作室。隨著他的微妙和多樣的色彩組合和強大的組合結構，Scully繼續作為一個備受尊敬的當代藝術家。 Scully的作品是由世界各地的許多博物館收藏的，包括Phillips Collection，這是美國第二家獲得作品的博物館。