Object Details
- Artist
- Sam Gilliam
- Caption
- Though Washington, DC artist Sam Gilliam is best known for his deconstructed canvases—an artistic innovation that blurred the boundary between painting and sculpture—his later works often explore painted three-dimensional forms. Many of this sculpture’s plywood boards, painted in blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, and gray, feature circle, square, or oval cut-outs. Fragments of painted and unpainted boards are visible through the holes, and their three-dimensional arrangement creates depth and complexity. The stacking and collaging of plywood in this work can be seen as a continuation of Gilliam’s cut and quilted canvases of the 1970s and 80s.The title, “Daily Red,” asserts that like bread, color is an important source of nourishment in Gilliam’s work.
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- Aunque el artista washingtoniano Sam Gilliam es más conocido por sus lienzos deconstruidos -una innovación artística que difuminó la frontera entre pintura y escultura-, sus obras posteriores exploran a menudo formas artísticas en tres dimensiones. Muchas de las tablas de madera terciada de esta escultura, pintadas en azul, amarillo, verde, naranja, morado y gris, presentan recortes circulares, cuadrados u ovalados, a través de los cuales pueden verse fragmentos de otras tablas, con y sin color. Su disposición tridimensional crea profundidad y complejidad y puede percibirse como una continuación de los lienzos recortados y superpuestos de Gilliam de los años 70 y 80. El título, "Daily Red" (Rojo Cotidiano), afirma que, al igual que el pan, el color es una importante fuente de nutrimento en la obra de Gilliam.
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2003.0039.0001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- sculpture
- Medium
- wood, acrylic, metal
- Dimensions
- 86 1/4 × 52 3/8 × 12 3/16 in. (219 × 133 × 31 cm)
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Record ID
- acm_2003.0039.0001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl8ca85e5f8-fca3-4841-a200-e4b3bb9f7834
