Sean Scully: Walls, Windows, Horizons presents Scully's recent paintings along his photographs, pastels, watercolors, and prints. The aim of the exhibition is two-fold:to reveal the artist's creative process rooted in the recognizable world yet expressed through abstract shapes; and to explore his interchangeable use of media and their mutual relationships. By juxtaposing Scully's painting vis-a-vis photography and other works on paper, the exhibition shows how certain motifs of concrete, visible reality— such as walls, windows, and doors are transported from photographs to paintings, as well as how certain colors and hues are transported from paintings to photographs. In addition, a selection of pastels, watercolors, and prints further emphasizes Scully's preoccupation with the same motifs, yet in different media. Although the scale and materiality of the paintings are seemingly sacrificed in the works on paper, something else comes in exchange—the softness and intimacy of paper.

Curated by Vesela Sretenovic
image: 11.11.97, 1997