Sam Gilliam ‘Took a Step Most People Didn’t Understand Was Possible’ - The New York Times

The artists Melvin Edwards and Rashid Johnson reflect on the legacy of their friend, just days after he died at age 88.

MELVIN EDWARDS Sam was a very fine painter who was curious and experimental. Thinking about the surfaces art was made on didnt start with Sam but he took a step most people didnt understand was possi… [+1727 chars]

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