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

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

founder of Pace Gallery

vibrant compositions and the singular man behind them

To mark this milestone anniversary of the artwork

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