Coming Full Circle: Conversations About Sam Gilliam
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“For more than half-a-century, Sam Gilliam role-modeled creative genius, artistic breakthroughs and professional persistence. From his pictorial interpretations of draped splendor to his evocative accumulations of pigments and colors, he single-handedly reinvented painting. Sam Gilliam has made an indelible mark on modernism.” – Dr. Richard J. Powell Coinciding with the closing of Sam Gilliam: Full Circle, the Hirshhorn Museum will convene a gathering of artists and scholars to explore the art historical legacy of Sam Gilliam, one of the most important abstract artists of the postwar era and a longtime resident of Washington, D.C. Throughout his six-decade career, Gilliam produced an extraordinary body of work across an array of media, reflecting his lifelong engagement with both art history and the improvisatory ethos of jazz. His work has inspired artists internationally and will continue to shape the work of generations to come. Join us for a discussion of the artist’s body of work and significance.
