OPENING OF SEAN SCULLY MATERIAL WORLD
2ND SEPTEMBER 5PM TO 7PM
Join us for the opening of the exhibition SEAN SCULLY MATERIAL WORLD.
The entire museum is utilized in the exhibition, in which the artist showcases works that interact with the architecture, colors and surroundings of Thorvaldsen’s Museum.
Three of the artworks have been made specifically for the museum and the audience is in for a grand experience: The large-scale works count a 29ft sculpture in the museum front hall, a 13ft sculpture in Italian black marble from Carrara and a 25ft piece for the square in front of the museum, made from local Danish wood that dates back to the 15th century. Furthermore, the exhibition includes several other sculptures and drawings from Scully’s oeuvre as well as his iconic paintings.
The exhibition SEAN SCULLY MATERIAL WORLD presents a meeting across time and space between two artistic superstars, Sean Scully and Bertel Thorvaldsen. Despite their different life-worlds and time periods Scully and Thorvaldsen both strive to express primary human emotions, combining physical and metaphysical dimensions into a form of imagery that is universal. Both artists find inspiration in the art of Antiquity but interpret it within each of their own contemporary times.
Three of the artworks have been made specifically for the museum and the audience is in for a grand experience: The large-scale works count a 29ft sculpture in the museum front hall, a 13ft sculpture in Italian black marble from Carrara and a 25ft piece for the square in front of the museum, made from local Danish wood that dates back to the 15th century. Furthermore, the exhibition includes several other sculptures and drawings from Scully’s oeuvre as well as his iconic paintings.
The exhibition SEAN SCULLY MATERIAL WORLD presents a meeting across time and space between two artistic superstars, Sean Scully and Bertel Thorvaldsen. Despite their different life-worlds and time periods Scully and Thorvaldsen both strive to express primary human emotions, combining physical and metaphysical dimensions into a form of imagery that is universal. Both artists find inspiration in the art of Antiquity but interpret it within each of their own contemporary times.
It's free to join the opening and everyone is welcome.
About Sean Scully
About Sean Scully
Since his youth, Sean Scully (born in 1945, Ireland) has worked with painting and print-making, later moving into the mediums of photography and sculpture, graphics and photography.
Scully’s paintings are known for their extraordinary coloristic intensity combined with simple, abstract shapes. His sculptures are built from horizontal and vertical structures in materials such as stone, wood, zinc and glass, and his work is characterized by an ever-present exchange between the intimate and the monumental.Scully made his international breakthrough in the 1980’s with solo exhibitions in both USA and Europe. He’s won numerous awards and his works are represented internationally in both private and public collections.
SEAN SCULLY MATERIAL WORLD is generously supported by Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen’s Fond.
Discover the exhibition at Thorvaldsen’s Museum September 2nd 2022 - March 5th 2023.