Sam Gilliam, the first Black artist to represent the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has died at the age of 88
The American abstract artist died Saturday, David Kordansky Gallery and Pace Gallery, which represent his work,Born in 1933 in Mississippi, Gilliam graduated with a master of arts degree in fine arts from the University of Louisville before moving to Washington, DC, in 1962, according to theThere, he became an important figure associated with the Washington Color School, an abstract expressionist movement centered in color field painting.
"It is no accident that Sam's breakthroughs came during the height of the civil rights movement," Kordansky noted in a statement"He demanded that art, however abstract or resistant to discursive language, serve as nothing less than an artist's primary means of engaging with the world," Kordansky said.
Gilliam's works are on display in a number of galleries and museums around the world, including the Tate Modern, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.Sebastian Bozon/AFP/Getty Images
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