Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields Books An African American artist in

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

vibrant compositions and the singular man behind them

With reproductions and installation views of the 2018 bicoastal exhibition

founder of Pace Gallery

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

Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields Books An African American artist inPublished 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