I started this blog with the idea of writing about our renovation of a midcentury modern house in Palm Desert, CA. That renovation has taken a LOT of time. More on that later.
In the meantime, I have been thinking about modernism, the midcentury modern aesthetic, and what influences the current modernist movement in California. Amid all of these thoughts, I happened to be in Ireland last week, and I was lucky enough to catch an exhibition at the National Gallery of Sean Scully, one of my favorite modern painters.
Scully is Irish born, grew up in London, and lives in New York. He uses a minimalist palette and block forms. His work would be at home in any California modern home (though price-wise, I’m just not sure that is possible).
I bought a poster of this print, but I must say, his paintings are so gorgeous in person, and the photos do not do his use of color and texture justice. More on Scully here: http://www.cheimread.com/artists/sean-scully.
Here is a terrific interview with Scully, originally published in the Journal of Contemporary Art: http://www.jca-online.com/scully.html
