Sam Gilliam, the groundbreaking abstract artist known for his work with draped canvas, died Saturday at 88.
Sam Gilliam, the groundbreaking abstract artist known for his work with draped canvas, died Saturday at 88, the galleries that represented him confirmed in a joint statement on Monday.
Gilliam was born in 1933, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the statement said. He made his debut in the art world in Washington, D.C., as a leader in the Washington Color School. In the 1960s, he began creating his signature work: stained, draped canvases that were suspended from ceilings and walls. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images
The statement also highlighted how Gilliam's work was influenced by the social revolution of the time. One of Gilliam's representatives, David Kordansky,that"It is no accident that Sam's breakthroughs came during the height of the civil rights movement. He demanded that art, however abstract or resistant to discursive language, serve as nothing less than an artist's primary means of engaging with the world." , according to the joint statement.
He continued to innovate in the decades that followed, the statement said, incorporating new forms, textures and materials — like thick acrylic paint in geometric, abstract shapes and large paintings on paper and wood. His work can be found in major museum collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in France.
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