Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe
Sean Scully has made the motif of stripes his own, offering through them a sustained exploration of the nature of human relationships. We learn to read his stripes and colored shapes as meditations on, for example, union and disunion, dependence and independence, or harmony and disharmony. But because his images are not figurative, they can seek a universal appeal, color and form being understood by all cultures. This book by Brian Kennedy, Director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth...
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A career retrospective centered on the signature stripe motif of one of the most esteemed abstract painters working today
On Modern Abstract Painting in Europe and America 1Sean Scully: Some Basic Principles 13An Interview 19Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe 61The Stripes: A Photo Essay 95Afterword: The History of the Stripe in Western Society 121Bibliography 124Index 128Acknowledgments 130Checklist 134
