WASHINGTON, DC
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART / MARSHA MATEYKA GALLERY
Sam Gilliam, an innovative abstract painter and �minence grise of Washington, DC's artistic community, is currently the subject of a stimulating retrospective at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Gilliam is known principally for his giant "draped" paintings and as an AfricanAmerican artist who gained fame during a period of enormous racial tension. But as Jonathan P. Binstock, the organizer of the exh�btion, demonstrates, the artist has spent more than forty years experimenting with color, shape, and texture, breaking down numerous barriers between painting and sculpture in the process.
Gilliam's content …
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