
Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of Everything
A year in the life of Sean Scully, one of the world’s richest painters, as he flies around the world to open 15 major exhibitions - a journey that reveals his amazing life story.
A year in the life of abstract artist Sean Scully, one of the world’s richest painters. Little known at home but a superstar abroad, Sean flies around the world to open 15 major museum exhibitions - a journey that also reveals his extraordinary life story.
Now, at the age of 73, Scully opens up about his unique experiences spanning 55 years in an often hostile art world - how he built a reputation from nothing, having grown up penniless on the streets of Dublin and London, often homeless as a child and running with street gangs as a teenager, to turn his striped paintings into the huge success they are today.
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Painting
Duration: 01:24
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Extermination
Duration: 00:58
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Karate
Duration: 00:58
Music Played
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Brian Eno
Another Green World
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Ruby Murray
Softly Softly
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Brian Eno
Another Green World
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Davey Payne and Medium Wave
A Walk In The Sunshine
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Ruby Murray
What Could Be More Beautiful
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Ruby Murray
Heartbeat
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Ruby Murray
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
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Ruby Murray
I'll Come When You Call
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Nick Willing |
| Producer | Michele Camarda |
| Executive Producer | Mark Bell |
| Executive Producer | Liz Hartford |
| Composer | Madison Willing |
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