Sean Scully at Cheim & Read Gallery

A stack of imposing, black steel frames by abstract painter Sean Scully fills the atrium-like space of Cheim & Read’s small side gallery – the first piece encountered when entering the show. By contrast, ‘Colored Stacked Frames,’ (seen here) in the furthest gallery radically alters the somber mood of the show, injecting vibrant color into Scully’s normally restrained palette. (In Chelsea through May 20th).

Sean Scully, Colored Stacked Frames, stainless steel with automotive paint, 10 x 8 x 8 feet, 2017.

Sean Scully at Cheim & Read

This monumental, eight-part painting may be an abstraction, but it was inspired by the winter colors of southern Bavaria, where artist Sean Scully spends time. (At Chelsea’s Cheim & Read Gallery through Jan 11th).  

Sean Scully, Night and Day, oil on aluminum, 110 x 320 inches, 2012.