Sean Scully, 1945 in Dublin/Irland geboren, studierte in England und den USA Malerei. 1984 beginnt sein internationaler Durchbruch mit einer Ausstellung im Museum of Modern Art. Seitdem zählt er weltweit zu den wichtigsten Gegenwartskünstlern. Seit den 90ern lehrt er an Kunstakademien in den USA, in England und Deutschland.Kelly Grovier ist Lyriker sowie Kritiker für Kunst und Geschichte. Grovier studierte in Californien, Los Angeles und Oxford und hat sich intensiv mit der britischen Romantik und zeitgenössischer Kunst auseinandergesetzt. Grovier ist Mitbegründer des wissenschaftlichen Journals European Romantic Review , schreibt regelmäßig für die Literaturbeilage der Times und arbeitete von 2004 bis 2008 für den Observer. Seine eigenen Gedichte die er häufig bildenden Künstlern von Giotto bis Sean Scully gewidmet hat erscheinen in internationalen, literarischen Publikationen. In einer Serie abstrakter Kunstwerke untersucht er die Verbindung zwischen Text und Malerei.

Sean Scully is among the greatest abstract painters of our age. He is also one of the most outspoken. Since the late 1960s, Scully's visual expressiveness has been matched by a verbal dynamism that is no less arresting than his art. Varying widely in form from brief reflections of compressed eloquence to essay-long meditations on artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Giorgio Morandi and Mark Rothko-Scully's writings are distinguished by a brutal lyricism and the effortlessness of their aphoristic turn of phrase. At once biographical and political, poignant and unflinching, the nearly 200 texts that comprise Inner: The Collected Writings of Sean Scully provide a unique perspective on one of the most engaging artistic imaginations of the past half century. Here, readers will discover the effusions of a mind tirelessly wrestling with the profoundest issues of art, cultural history, and what it means to be a creator in the contemporary world. The volume will be accompanied by key images illustrating Scully's words as well as facsimile reproductions of handwritten pages by the artist into which drawings have been integrated.

Sean Scully is among the greatest abstract painters of our age. He is also one of the most outspoken. Since the late 1960s, Scully's visual expressiveness has been matched by a verbal dynamism that is no less arresting than his art. Varying widely in form from brief reflections of compressed eloquence to essay-long meditations on artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Giorgio Morandi and Mark Rothko-Scully's writings are distinguished by a brutal lyricism and the effortlessness of their aphoristic turn of phrase. At once biographical and political, poignant and unflinching, the nearly 200 texts that comprise Inner: The Collected Writings and Selected Interviews of Sean Scully provide a unique perspective on one of the most engaging artistic imaginations of the past half century. Here, readers will discover the effusions of a mind tirelessly wrestling with the profoundest issues of art, cultural history, and what it means to be a creator in the contemporary world. The volume will be accompanied by key images illustrating Scully's words as well as facsimile reproductions of handwritten pages by the artist into which drawings have been integrated.

SEAN SCULLY (*1945, Dublin) is one of the most famous artists of his generation. In addition to numerous exhibitions worldwide, he has been honored with important awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship and Harckness Fellowship.