Sam Gilliam: The Last Five Years
Photo Courtesy of Pace Gallery, Pace Publishing and David Kordansky Gallery :Cover of Sam Gilliam: The Last Five Years, 2023
Pace Gallery in New York and David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles presented Sam Gilliam: The Last Five Years, a two-part exhibition of paintings created by Gilliam between 2018 and 2022. The book of the same name was released in conjunction with the exhibition and publishe by both the David Kordansky Gallery and Pace Publishing.
Photo Courtesy of Pace Gallery, Pace Publishing and David Kordansky Gallery
Included in the book are vivid images of iconic tondos, Drapes, and beveled-edge paintings that demonstrate Gilliam's unflagging commitment to transforming the relationship between paint and canvas. With extensive photography and foldouts and an essay by art historian Lowery Stokes Sims that traces the development of the artist's practice, this volume offers an all-encompassing look at these dynamic, vibrant compositions and the singular man behind them.
Photo Courtesy of Pace Gallery, Pace Publishing and David Kordansky Gallery
One of the most celebrated figures in post-war American art, D.C.-based painter Sam Gilliam pioneered a new course through abstraction with a variety of forms, moods, and materials, like the beveled-edge canvas, which he first created in the late 1960s, and his canonical Drape series. With experimentation as his only constant, he continued to develop and transform his practice all the way up until his death in June of 2022.
Photo Courtesy of Pace Gallery, Pace Publishing and David Kordansky Gallery
PUBLICATION DETAILS:
Published with David Kordansky Gallery
Text by Lowery Stokes Sims
Design by Uli Monch
2023
Softcover
94 pages
10 ½ × 9 ½ in
More information about the book and the exhibit can be found here. For more information about other titles from Pace Publishing, visit here; please visit the Pace Gallery’s website here for more information about past, current, and future exhibits. Pace Gallery can be found on Instagram and Artsy, too.
