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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin;VALUE=DATE:20250613
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URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/sewing-fields-sam-gilliam-at-imma
SUMMARY:Sewing Fields | Sam Gilliam at IMMA
DESCRIPTION:IMMA presents a solo exhibition by Sam Gilliam (1933 – 2022)\
 , one of the great innovators in post-war American painting\, co-organised
  with the Sam Gilliam Foundation. Emerging in the mid-1960s\, his canonica
 l ‘Drape’ paintings merged painting\, sculpture\, and performance in c
 onversation with architecture in entirely new ways. Suspending unstretched
  lengths of painted canvas from the walls or ceilings of exhibition spaces
 \, Gilliam transformed his medium and the contexts in which it was viewed.
 \n\nSewing Fields highlights Gilliam’s connection to Ireland\, where a t
 ransformative residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in the 1990s res
 haped his artistic practice. Gilliam embraced new materials\, working with
  pre-stained fabrics that he had shipped to Ireland\, cutting and layering
  them into sculptural compositions. A collaboration with a local dressmake
 r further expanded this process\, reinforcing his innovative fusion of pai
 nting and textile techniques.\n\nThe dramatic\, undulating forms in his wo
 rk resonate with the vastness and wildness of the Irish coast\, featuring 
 loose\, flowing compositions that reflect the organic and unpredictable na
 ture of the land and sea. Gilliam’s signature vibrant colour fields were
  influenced by the unique Irish light\, resulting in atmospheric\, almost 
 translucent hues. By moving away from the rigid geometry of modernism\, Gi
 lliam’s work in Ireland fostered an intuitive dialogue with the surround
 ing environment\, celebrating the physicality of painting and the emotiona
 l resonance of place through abstraction and materiality.\n\nThis exhibiti
 on continues IMMA’s engagement with artists whose work has received rene
 wed attention and accolades in recent years that has included Howardena Pi
 ndell (2023)\, Derek Jarman (2019)\, and Frank Bowling (2018).
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CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Leinster - Dublin
LOCATION:IMMA\, Royal Hospital Kilmainham\, Dublin\, Dublin\, Ireland
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