Sam Gilliam
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Sam Gilliam (b. November 30, 1933 in Tupelo, Mississippi) is an African American Color field painter associated with the Washington Color School and Abstract Expressionism. He works on stretched, draped, and wrapped canvas, and adds sculptural 3D elements. Lately, he has worked with polypropylene, computer generated imaging, metallic and iridescent acrylics, hand-made paper, aluminum, steel, and plastic.
Gilliam received his B.A. in fine art and his M.A. in painting from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He has had many commissions, grants, awards, exhibitions and honorary doctorates. He lives in Washington D.C. and has a studio in the historical Shaw neighborhood.
Gilliam has a history of hospitalization for mental and emotional disturbances.
A major retrospective of Gilliam's work was held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2005.
He was named the 2006 University of Louisville Alumnus of the Year.
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- Washington Art, catalog of exhibitions at State University College at Potsdam, NY & State University of New York at Albany, 1971 [no copyright or LCCC # listed], Introduction by Renato G. Danese, printed by Regal Art Press, Troy NY.
- Sam Gilliam: a retrospective, 10/15/2005 to 1/22/2006, Corcoran Gallery of Art, http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/previous_results.asp?Exhib_ID=134
- Sam Gilliam: a retrospective,the catalog, text by Jonanthan Binstock http://www.corcoran.org/shop/dspShopItemDetails.asp?Sub_Category_ID=4&Shop_ID=439
- Sam Gilliam papers, 1958-1989 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/guides/site-africanamerican/index.cfm/fuseaction/collections.Detailcollection/collectionGuideid/2458/heading/G
- AskArt lists 52 references to Sam Gilliam, http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/Search_Grid.aspx?GotoPage=1&Total=52&PerPage=50&SearchType=BOOKS&Artist=116776
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