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Sean Scully
Stories
27.6. — 2.11.2025

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Sean Scully, Man in Chair I, 1966-67, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist

Sean Scully, Backcloth, 1970, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The painting shows a static composition of strong yet not glaring red- blue- and beigetones. The colors appear in thick stripes whcih are laid over and under each other like ribbons – almost like a woven pattern.

Sean Scully, Crossover Painting #1 , 1974, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The painting is square-shaped and divided into nine squares of the equal size – like a grid of three rows and three columns. Within these areas, there are overlapping stripes in the colors red, blue and green. The edges of the stripes are clearly limited as they were masked with yellow tape, which remains partially visible and contrasts with the darker colors.

Sean Scully, Hidden Drawing, 1975, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The painting appears tob e divided into three vertical columns, each showing differently designed color areas. On the left, eight medium-width vertical stripes alternate in apricot and dark blue. In the middle column, there are three stripes twice as wide in saturated tones: a dark blue-green, a strong orange and another blue-green. At the top right, fine black lines run across a rough-looking white background, followed by four wide horizontal stripes in deep red and matt blue.

Sean Scully, Diana, 1983, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist

SeanScully, Now, 1986, Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen-Nußdorf © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The picture is a rectangle in landscape format and is divided into six square fields. Five of these fields show alternating black and white stripes, which run either vertically or horizontally depending on the square. The squares partially overlap, giving the arrangement a slightly restless appearance. A reddish color shines through the stripes. The square at the top right is striking: it is more clearly structured and shows seven vertical stripes in red and dark red. Overall, the composition is reminiscent of a flag that has been cut up and reassembled.

Sean Scully, Stone Light, 1992, Modern Art Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne, Bavarian State Painting Collections © Sean Scully. Foto: bpk / Bayerische
Staatsgemäldesammlungen
The work consists of three portrait-format aluminum panels that hang evenly next to each other on the wall. Each panel is covered with vertical stripes in blue-grey and white that run evenly and parallel. The colors alternate at clear, even intervals and the stripes are arranged at an equal width. The panels are positioned at an even distance from each other, creating a structured arrangement in the room.

Sean Scully, Floating Munich Tryptich, 1996, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München © Sean Scully
The photograph shows a strictly geometric composition reminiscent of Sean Scully's paintings. In the lower third of the picture is a beige floor, presumably sand. Above it rises an ochre-yellow and white-painted wall, on the left and right of which there is a rust-brown rectangle divided into eight smaller squares by fine yellow-beige lines. Despite the photographic image, the picture almost looks like an abstract painting due to its clear surfaces, lines and color contrasts - only at the lower edge do green plants slightly break the strict order.

Sean Scully, Untitled (Morocco), 1995, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The photograph shows a house wall that is divided into two sections: on the left, it is beige, while on the right it is a vibrant turquoise. At the upper edge of the wall, the plaster is crumbling away, creating a rough, irregular texture. There is a window in the middle of the beige wall, in which stones are stacked at the bottom.

Sean Scully, Mexico one window green, 2001, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The image is reminiscent of a stylized version of the American flag, but without the typical colors blue, red and white. Instead, black and very dark shades of gray and white dominate the stripes. Instead of the stars, a gun is outlined in white in the top left-hand corner, which is a clear departure from the classic symbol. In the bottom left-hand corner are irregularly arranged red stars, which create a restless, almost threatening impression and a destabilizing effect.

Sean Scully, Ghost Blood, 2018, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The picture is in portrait format, with a white background. At the top and bottom, horizontal rectangles are cut in to structure the pictorial space. In the middle of the picture is a squatting child, according to the title a boy whose face is not recognizable as his head is tilted downwards as if he is looking at something on the floor. The child is wearing a black shirt and has blue hair. The skin is only indicated by a black outline. Fine lines surround the figure, creating a gentle, almost dreamy impression.

Sean Scully, Blue Boy , 2019, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The picture is in landscape format and rectangular, divided vertically into two halves. The left half is reminiscent of wooden floorboards with horizontal stripes in beige and light brown, which convey a structured, natural impression. The right half is divided into six differently colored rectangles: Some appear sombre, with shades of red and black, while others glow mustard yellow and green. Smaller squares were cut out of each half and inserted into the opposite half, creating an interlocking, puzzle-like composition.

Sean Scully, Migration, 2021, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The picture shows two sketches composed of block-like shapes. In the upper sketch, a circle is inserted between the blocks. Handwritten text by Sean Scully is visible between the shapes, running between the geometric elements and adding a personal touch to the image.

Sean Scully, Zink Tanks M.26.23, 2023, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The picture shows black shoes standing on a green background, presumably grass. The ground is covered with red and dark green dots, reminiscent of flowers in a meadow. The depiction is both figurative and abstract.

Sean Scully, Sean's Shoes, 2024, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist
The picture is reminiscent of a square, but is composed of many rectangles with black and gray stripes. These stripes vary in width and the clarity of the lines as well as the color intensity. In the middle of the picture, on the right-hand side, a circle has been cut out, which breaks up the otherwise complex and structured composition.

Sean Scully, Tower, 2024, Private Collection © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist

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Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Exhibition view: Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Dr. Kathrin Baumstark in Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Sean Scully in Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey

Sean Scully in Sean Scully. Stories, Bucerius Kunst Forum, photo: Ulrich Perrey
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