Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields

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Author: Gilliam, SamA pioneering artist who redefined the boundaries of painting, Sam Gilliam transformed the medium with his radical approach to colour, material and space. This t itle focuses on a lesser-known yet crucial period in Gilliam’s later career: that of his sewn and collaged works. During a residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, far from his Washington, DC, studio, Gilliam took up new materials, working with pre-stained fabrics that he shipped to Ireland, cut and layered into sculptural compositions.A collaboration with a local dressmaker further expanded his process, reinforcing his innovative fusion of painting and textile techniques. 'Sewing Fields' brings these groundbreaking works back to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, nearly 50 years after Gilliam’s first Dublin exhibition, positioning him within a broader transatlantic dialogue on abstraction. ISBN 9781909792326. Irish Museum of Modern Art. pb. 108 pages. 55 colour ills. 28 x 21 cm.available Show more