Sam Gilliam (1933–2022) – Artforum International
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 28, 2022
Sam Gilliam, who profoundly reshaped the idea of painting by liberating the canvas from the frame and rendering it in three dimensions, died of kidney disease at his home in Washington, DC, June 25 at the age of eighty-eight. The news was confirmed jointly by Pace Gallery and David Kordansky Gallery, which represent the artist. During a career that spanned seven decades, Gilliam first gained broad recognition in the 1960s and early ’70s for his Beveled-edge paintings and his Drape works, the former featuring canvas that the artist painted with abstract designs before stretching it across a . . .
