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Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery

13 Apr 19 – 11 Aug 19, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Painter and printmaker Sean Scully's abstract works come to the National Gallery for a free exhibition exploring the artist's admiration for JMW Turner

By CW Contributor on 11/3/2019

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(Detail) Sean Scully Landline China 8, 2018. © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist.
(Detail) Sean Scully Landline China 8, 2018. © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist.
Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery Emily Spicer
Irish born artist Sean Scully deals in horizontals and verticals; his is an art of blocks, of rich colour and buttery paint. Although raised in London, he now lives in New York and is an heir to American abstraction and the colour field painters of the first half of the 20th century. But it is the work of JMW Turner, arguably the first abstract expressionist, who has inspired the bulk of his latest exhibition, opening at the National Gallery in April.


Turner’s hazy seascape The Evening Star (1830), housed in the gallery’s permanent collection, might not seem like an obvious starting point for the contemporary painter and printmaker, but the image is a pivotal one in the exhibition. Scully’s bands of colour evoke landscapes and horizons, and his checkerboards are inspired by the fields of his native Ireland. In recent years, Scully has also worked on aluminium and copper – surfaces that lend the paint an almost iridescent lustre, not unlike the effect found in many of Turner’s most evocative works.


This exhibition will be the latest in a series of shows exploring the continued relevance of the National Gallery’s collection to contemporary artists. In the past, Tacita Dean, Chris Ofili, Ed Ruscha, George Shaw and Bridget Riley have collaborated with the gallery.


What Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery
Where National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN | MAP
Nearest tube Charing Cross (underground)
When 13 Apr 19 – 11 Aug 19, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price £Free
Website Learn more here



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