Dimensions: image: 117 x 174 mm
Copyright: © Sean Scully | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: So, this is Sean Scully’s "#1" from the Tate collection. It's a small image with just a few blocks of stripes and rectangles. It feels so simple, but also kind of heavy? What do you see in this piece? Curator: Heavy is interesting! To me, it whispers of urban landscapes, maybe walls layered with posters, faded and torn. It's like a visual poem about time and place. Do you feel a sense of rhythm in those stripes? Editor: Definitely. The stripes give it a beat. Curator: Right! A kind of soulful rhythm. And each colour block seems to breathe its own emotion. Together, it's a quiet symphony. Editor: I never would have considered that, but the colors do seem to vibrate with each other. Curator: Absolutely. It’s all about feeling. We bring our own stories to fill in the gaps between the stripes. Editor: Now I see so much more than just stripes!
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This is a set of proofs Scully made for a limited, illustrated edition of Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. Conrad's book, first published in 1902, tells the story of Marlow's quest to locate Kurtz, a highly successful ivory trader in Africa. Initially beset by difficulties, Marlow finally undertakes an arduous river journey through the dense forest which he compares to 'travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world'. When he eventually finds Kurtz he discovers a man who has used his superior knowledge and his gun to create and reign over a satanic kingdom. Kurtz justifies his actions stating that he has seen into the very heart of things. Gallery label, March 1995
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