Sean Scully - Cheim & Reid, NY

Sean Scully, Landline Yellow Yellow, 2014

Sean Scully: Landline is at Cheim & Reid, New York until 4 April 2015.
Sean Scully was interviewed on Front Row (broadcast 20 March, listen here) discussing his recent work, his forthcoming exhibition in Venice (6 May-22 November 2015) and his retrospective just opened in Beijing (随心而行：肖恩·斯库利艺术展，1964-2014伦敦|纽约).
In another recent interview Scully commented: "I’m not one of these people who is privileged with doubt. I look at my paintings sometimes and I think they’re fucking wonderful. I love them.” Well, me too - love his paintings that is; I have plenty of doubts!
So, although I won't get to see the wonderful work currently on show in New York (or the exhibitions in Venice and Beijing, come to that) I will make do with a selection of reproductions here.
(See also entry below.)
Read interview with Mark Lawson, listen to interview with John Wilson,  read Sean Scully on Why Abstraction Still Matters,

Sean Scully, Landline Wave, 2014

Sean Scully, Landline Pale Yellow, 2014

Sean Scully, Landline Fire, 2014

Sean Scully, Landline Beach, 2014

Sean Scully, Landline Skyline, 2014

Sean Scully, installation at Cheim & Reid, 2015

Sean Scully: Kind of Red - Timothy Taylor Gallery

Sean Scully, Kind of Red, 2013 (detail of 5-part piece - see below)

Sean Scully: Kind of Red is at Timothy Taylor Gallery until 12 July 2014.
Scully is, I think, my new favourite artist. I have always been an admirer but actually have seen relatively little work in the 'flesh'; having been knocked out by Doric Night in the RA Summer Show (see below) I visited this exhibition and was impressed.The focal work here is a 2013 suite of 5 paintings on aluminium - bare metal remains exposed beyond the edges of the painted areas. I like his work because it combines a forceful, muscular presence with a nuanced, poetic sensibility - the blocks of colour are rich and subtle and the total effect is beautiful, powerful and mysterious.
The exhibition also includes some blue and grey toned paintings from the Landline series. A terrific show.
Watch a short video of Scully talking about his work: "There are no certainties in my paintings", and read the gallery exhibition blurb; see also a 2009 review of Scully's paintings from the 1980s by Laura Cumming.

Sean Scully, Kind of Red, 2013

Sean Scully, Kind of Red, 2013

Sean Scully, Landline Blue, 2014

Sean Scully, Landline Grey, 2014

Sean Scully, Landline Grey Grey, 2014