SeanScully, Now, 1986, Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen-Nußdorf © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
Sean Scully has just turned 80 and to mark the occasion the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg is mounting a comprehensive retrospective. Sean Scully Stories , which runs until November 2, features artworks spanning over six decades, with large scale paintings, works on paper, sculpture and photographs. The retro format highlights how the acclaimed Dublin born artist continuously explores new forms of expression and re-interprets abstraction. For him nothing is truly abstract, his art is an expression of self-perception and photos in the show reveal the visual sources of his inspiration. Sean Scully now lives and works between New York, London and Mooseurach in the south of Germany.