Lisson Studio
Sean Scully
Sean Scully's Broadway Shuffle, New York
The Broadway Mall Association, in partnership with NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program and Lisson Gallery, with assistance from the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District, stages a major presentation of public works by Sean Scully entitled Broadway Shuffle (12 July, 2024 – 16 March, 2025).
Seven large-scale sculptures – each one a unique vertical stack composed from various configurations of metal, stone and wood – are presented at seven locations along the green medians at the center of Broadway from Lincoln Square to Washington Heights.
Here, Scully discusses the influences from art history and the surrounding city that led him to place these works along this famous thoroughfare.
Film by Oresti Tsonopoulos
"The first place I lived in Manhattan was on the very Upper West Side, near where one of the sculptures is. I was walking up and down on Broadway, on about 117th street. That's where I started out in this city. So I've had a strong relationship with Broadway, and of course, it was very inspirational for Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie"
"My work's always a portrait of the city. There's a sense of old and new in my work… a monument to what's left. That makes it more fragile or more approachable, instead of trying to make something perfect."
Sean Scully, Sleeper Stack 2, 2018, Wood, 255.3 x 123.2 x 123.8 cm, 100 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 48 3/4 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.
Sean Scully, Composite Grey Silver, 2024, Corten steel, stainless steel, marble, 217.2 x 127 x 127 cm, 85 1/2 x 50 x 50 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.
Sean Scully, 48, 2024, Aluminum and automotive paint, 609.6 x 188 x 188 cm, 240 x 74 x 74 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.
Sean Scully, Silver Brown Tower, 2019, Corten and stainless steel, 275.6 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm, 108 1/2 x 36 x 36 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.
Sean Scully, Shot Through, 2019, Corten steel, 368.9 x 182.9 x 185.4 cm, 145 1/4 x 72 x 73 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.
Sean Scully, Stack Blues, 2018, Aluminum and automotive paint, 274.3 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm, 108 x 48 x 48 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.
Sean Scully, Shadow Stack, 2019, Corten steel, 452.1 x 243.8 x 254.6 cm, 178 x 96 x 100 1/4 in. Installation view of Sean Scully’s Broadway Shuffle, a public art commission presented by the Broadway Mall Association. On view July 2024 – March 2025. Photography by Tom Barratt.