Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields Books The artist’s signature wide-eyed figures

The artist’s signature wide-eyed figures adorn Pinacoteca 2021 both inside and out

and its design and colored paper sections hint at the artist’s singular approach to painting

” — Martica Sawin

founder of Pace Gallery

An African American artist in the nation’s capital at the height of the Civil Rights movement

Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields Books The artist’s signature wide-eyed figuresPublished on the occasion of the exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields focuses on a lesser known yet crucial period in Gilliam's later career: that of his sewn and collaged works. Gathering a selection of these groundbreaking works that Gilliam completed during a residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in 1993, this book includes a foreword by Annie Fletcher; introduction by Mary Cremin and Sen Kissane; text by