For the first time in Central and
Eastern Europe, the Hungarian National Gallery presents a major retrospective
of Irish-American artist Sean Scully. One of the most
important contemporary exponents of abstraction, whose art is simultaneously
characterised by formal reduction and referential richness, Scully developed a
peculiar pictorial language based on a sophisticated synthesis of seemingly
opposing qualities. In addition to the paintings, the exhibition features work
than a hundred works on paper, sculptures and photographs. An interpretation of
each piece, on the walls and shelves, is complemented by the artist’s own
writings, notes and sketches.
