Published for the 56th Venice Biennale a complete monograph devoted to the Irishborn Americanbased painter and printmaker who has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee. Born in Dublin Ireland in 1945 Sean Scully has gained international prominence as one of the most admired contemporary abstract painters today. Fusing the traditions of European painting with the distinct character of American abstraction Scullys great achievement is the reinvigoration of abstract painting with the metaphoric