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Recent portrait of Sean Scully in his New York studio. Copyright Liliane Tomasko
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Wall of Light Heat, 2001 Oil on linen 108 x 132.25" (274.3 x 335.9 cm) Private collection
Exhibition
Resistance and Persistence
6 Sep 2016 – 9 Oct 2016
Address
- 2 Zhujiang E Rd
- Tianhe
- Guangzhou
Guangzhou - 510623
- China
Following the unprecedented success of Sean Scully’s recent exhibitions in Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing, the artist’s latest exhibition, Resistance and Persistence opens at the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou.
About
Showcasing more than 60 works, the exhibition focuses on the artist’s paintings and works on paper – as well as providing a platform for his major sculpture, China Piled Up. The works have been borrowed from leading public and private collections internationally.
According to Wang Chunchen, Research Director at the central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Scully’s exhibition is probably the first of a Western artist to have made a difference to Chinese art since a show by Rauschenberg in the mid-1980s. Targeting, amongst others, artists, a student audience, the large and increasing number of collectors in these cities as well as the general public, the exhibition further aims to develop abstract art in China.
The exhibitions are coming at an interesting moment for a major abstract artist like Scully as Chinese abstract art is generating increasing national and international attention, a development which is also reflected in Scully’s success in the art market.
The tour of exhibitions is organised by Made in China in association with the Timothy Taylor Gallery in London and the British Council.
