“Scully’s great achievement is the reinvigoration of abstract painting with the metaphorical, the philosophical and the sublime”

Published to accompany the exhibition Sean Scully: Horizon, of paintings from the Landline series, the book includes twenty-six drawn notes from Scully’s archive, where text and image coexist - often with equal weighting - and offer an insight into the articulation of his larger scale work

Sean Scully has gained international prominence as one of the most admired contemporary abstract painters working today. Fusing the traditions of European painting with the distinct character of American abstraction, Scully’s great achievement is the reinvigoration of abstract painting with the metaphorical, the philosophical and the sublime, combined with the earthy tangibility of paint.