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A 4 page research paper/essay that discusses and analyzes the work of Sean Scully. Roughly twenty years ago, abstract artist Sean Scully was inspired by the interplay of light and shadow that he observed while visiting Mayan ruins (Wall of Light). This inspired a long series of paintings over the next two decades entitled "Wall of Light." This examination of Scully's work looks specifically at three of these paintings, focusing specifically on their form, content and meaning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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inspired a long series of paintings over the next two decades entitled "Wall of Light." The following examination of Scullys work looks specifically at three of these paintings, focusing specifically
on their form, content and meaning. Scully is Irish born, but he was raised in England and educated at Croydon College and Newcastle University (Sean Scully). He also studied
at Harvard University and relocated to the US in 1975 (Sean Scully). His art intermingles various influences and has been described as a "conglomeration of Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Abstract
Expressionism" (Sean Scully). While certainly his paintings strike the viewer as Minimalist initially, closer examination shows Scullys considerable attention to detail, as well as technical aspects such as layering, and
use of textures and colors (Sean Scully). Critic Donald Kuspit argues that Scully is a "humanist Old Master in abstract disguise," as his paintings of both "spiritual depth and universal
import," which ahs been "distilled and coded" into modernist abstract terms (Kuspit). This spiritual experience is transmitted to the viewer with "nuance and intensity," rather than through the use of
"iconography and imagery" (Kuspit). In other words, if Scully tried to convey his feelings viewing the light on ancient Mayan ruins using traditional artistic methods, such a rendition would take
the formed of "learned communication" (Kuspit). As it is, Scully tries to recreate his lived experience for the viewer by offering a interplay of light, texturing and color that constitutes
an experience in and of itself for the viewer. For example, "Wall of Light Desert Night" (1999, oil on canvas, 108 x 132 inches) offers a collection of
"bricks" of light, some vertical, some horizontal, that recreate the subtle colors of a nighttime desert. The majority of these "bricks" are in various shades of blue: some dark, some
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