Sean Scully Reveals the Power of Abstract Art

[gusphraba]

wasn't that graffiti quote by einstein?

[fshsunlimit21]

It's what you make of it. All artist have there individual interpretation!!! That's why all of our thumbs prints are different. That's what makes us unique as artist we are one of a kind. So get over the harsh words!!! And look in the mirror !!!

[Telekon5]

I get suspicious whenever I hear long winded explanations for art. It always sounds like a lot of HOOPLAAAAA!!!!!

[Telekon5]

Now go watch the Spongebob Hoopla video

[fptrader]

How many times can you paint the same picture and sell it for loads. This guy must piss himself all the way to the bank. I can knock one of his paintings up ijn 20 minutes.please reply if you want to buy one from me

[appbadder]

"Kind of thinking that takes you out of context" I like that.

[MrRickybecker]

gilli39 - your comment reveals you must have an IQ below 10

[gilli39]

Amazing, he was able to talk for 2 minutes and 6 seconds without saying ANYTHING.

Also, Scully is an unbelievably bad-ass last name.

[cardellacole4]

loved this video , thanks,

[kukunu]

your all so full of BS its not even funny. Sean Scully is one of the great painters of our time . why don't you just shut da EFF up and listen and go do whatever else there is for you to do. no cares about YOUR opinions about what a great man has to say. youre all little blips in life. get on with your own personal blippery.

[henred5]

@kukunu I've always wondered, is a great painter always a great man?

I'm curious - got nothing to do with Sean Scully

[Rurne]

@kukunu

Cubism is to art as Intelligent Design is to critical scientific analysis. Taking pictures of boarded-up doors as a supplement does not make him creative or avant-garde, either. Having taken a look at the corpus of Scully's works, I simply get no impression that he's invested any emotion into his work and seems to be taking all contemporary art critics on some post-modernist dick-wagging about the definition of "abstract."

[Jefferdaughter]

As an artist who has worked in both abstract and representational styles, I don't get the 'either/or' attitude. Abstraction is one way to get people to - maybe - LOOK at the image, what is in front of them, and to THINK about it (if only to ask 'What is it?')..

Representational images are typically pigeonholed as quickly as the viewer can identify the 'subject'. Not a Chuck Close fan, but as he says, abstraction allows the artist freedom from the context of subject,

[Wraithofvolsunga]

"abstract" art is a euphemism for the artist can't do art.

[bacofishtaco]

@Wraithofvolsunga

Anyone can "do" art. That's the fucking point of art.

[patricafrances]

what aload of shit!!!!! i mean i do art in college and this drives me mad i hate all this talking about art it is pure shite!!!!!!!!!!

[notandywarhol]

Why does he have an english accent. I thought he was irish born. Besides he's so over rated like bad rothko copies.

[GoldenRatio2]

@notandywarhol: Just because you're born in a particular country doesn't necessarily mean you will adopt the accent of that country. Being brought up in a different geographic location is a possibility!

[overOOview]

Talking about art or thinking about art ruins the whole experience of it for me. I don't want to be bogged down by opinion and judgement, I just want to absorb it and become it .When making or viewing art I like to enter the piece as I'm standing in it and slowly becoming part of it.

[chowpappy]

An abstract answer :)

[lilytoka]

Abstract is everything but no time. It should never

express time. Am I right?

[smegma42]

yes

[kuroshinsen]

ridiculous, nonsensical

[xiuxiu12]

What he said deserves neither ridicule nor an explanation. The man is talking about what draws him to abstraction, its particular advantage over a realism.

[Jefferdaughter]

@kuroshinsen - Just because we do not understand something, it does not mean that it is 'nonsensical'.

You and/or your art may not make sense to another... but this is no reason not to make art, or to make yourself and your life reflect what is important, or sensible, to you.

[alonsosoroa]

fuckin genius!!!

love my teacher

[jeffreysart]

Abstract IS the very moment , the Now , it captures the present and eliminates time .Viewing Abstract moves the mind and soul to creation ,experiencing creativity .And that is His purpose :] of Life.

[SUPERMANfromMETROPOL]

time was not invented

[CirqueDuCloud]

It is interesting that he mentions "time" in the way that he did.

The onset of my anxiety attacks are usually brought on by thoughts of "time" that scare me.

I can't tell whether or not the passing of time is comforting or frightening.

One step closer to the end of the road or one step closer to a new beginning?

I'll never know until I get there.

[k0sha]

Don't forget, life is an alein experience.

[k0sha]

I'd argue that it applies to any and all realms you believe in.

I agree with you that life is the struggle between getting the balance between good and evil. I firmly believe in The whole yin-yang philosophy.

Also I never claimed time was "invented" infact I didn't even mention time. That is a whole nother nut-shell!

Plus there isn't enough space for me to reply to your time comment. ;)

"We're not humans having spiritual experiences, we're spiritual beings having human experiences."

[k0sha]

You're certainly not one to converse with are you?

Carry on being irrelevant.

[creten69]

i'm not

I must

Your little boy is quite marvellous,it says your 21,you've already succeeded.

I apologize that my madness, ever infringed upon your soul.

[k0sha]

I'm going to assume your apology as genuinly sincere. Don't worry, I just like to talk about things. I guess sometimes opinions just repel.

Also he's my brother =]

[luvismyreligion]

Art is the unique expression of an artist's perspective.

[powerplantnl]

So if art is an unique expression of an artist's perspective, he can only explain what abstract art is for himself?

If its unique how the hell can i get abstract paintings from his explaination

Since i have another perspective an abstract painting can mean something different for me then for him.

[scalemodellingtips]

@powerplantnl good artists cant explain their art, if they could write it down why would they paint?