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Sean Scully — Stripe Paintings
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Surface as Rhythm
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Systems of Clarity
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OBS-ART-040
Origin:
USA, Ireland
Era:
1980s–present
Themes / Lineage:
color weight • boundary pulse
Field Notes:
stripe • rhythm • color
Quiet Modernism appears here as rhythm sustained across surface.

Surface as Rhythm

Sean Scully — Stripe Paintings

Pattern repeats evenly.

No accent dominates.

Cadence stabilizes.

What stabilizes pattern?
Rhythm often implies variation, yet emphasis does not shift. Pattern repeats evenly. What continues is cadence held without accent.

Rhythm often implies variation, yet emphasis does not shift.

Pattern repeats evenly.

What continues is cadence held without accent.

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Sean Scully
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