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Sean Scully

Irish artist based in the US · United States · On the map · Artists · Born 1945 · age 81

Sean Scully is an Irish-born American-based artist working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His work is held in museum collections worldwide and he has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee.

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Honorary Doctor of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche2007
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Moving from London to New York in 1975, Scully helped lead the transition from Minimalism to Emotional abstraction in painting, abandoning the reduced vocabulary of Minimalism in favour of a return to metaphor and spirituality in art.

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

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