Wadsworth Atheneum visitors are in for a treat: Sean Scully’s exquisite “Landline” series, just off a run at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., has arrived in Hartford. It’s here through May 19. Works from this master of post-minimalist conceptualism enraptured viewers in 2015 at the Venice Biennale. The show explores the title through a variety of media with works inspired by his years in Ireland. The series also marks a significant shift in Scully’s work from what had until recently become increasingly complex arrangements of stripes and colors. Landline marks a departure from his earlier hard-edged minimalism to his current expressive style. It has been Scully’s stated aim to give abstraction back to the people — and in recent years his paintings have been wildly popular, in some cases commanding $1 million apiece at auction. Scully, … [Read more...] about SOFT UNCERTAIN SPACES: SCULLY GIVES ABSTRACTION BACK TO THE PEOPLE