山姆·吉列姆-人物-轻识

简介

山姆·吉利姆（Sam Gilliam，生于1933年11月30日），非裔美国色域画家、抒情抽象派画家。他最广为人知的创作手法是在吊挂垂坠的帆布上绘画，同时，他也是不使用画布框榫头固定而在悬挂的帆布上作画的第一人，对色域绘画领域的艺术贡献极大。作为出身在上世纪30年代的美国黑人，吉列姆亲历了自己族群社会地位的巨大演变，从种族隔离制度到民权运动的兴起，直到黑人最终取得平等的权利。在这个过程中，大量的美国非裔艺术家涌现出来，而作品的主题也主要集中在揭露社会问题和美国黑人为争得平等权利所进行的艰苦斗争上。当其他美国非裔艺术家在不断地揭露一种“不平等”的时候，吉列姆却选择从艺术本身出发，巧妙地回避了艺术的功能性和批判意义，用抽象作品来探讨美学价值。他用探讨“纯艺术”的方式，将自己的作品撇掉了“黑人艺术”的影子，从而回归到艺术的本源中去。

影视作品

蓝色漩涡

红色四月

The title Red April references the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4, 1968), and the riots that followed in Washington, D.C., where Sam Gilliam resided.Gilliam painted Red April by pouring and splattering acrylic pigments (some thinned-out, some thick and intense) onto a raw canvas he placed on the floor. Gilliam folded the canvas like an accordion and let the paint dry for a while. He intended for some of the pigment to remain wet so that when he unfolded the canvas, it would pull off and adhere to the canvas on top of it. Gilliam then stretched the canvas on beveled stretchers, so it would appear to be coming out of the wall.

抽象

光线深度

When Gilliam decided to dispense with the painting stretcher, it was a pretty revolutionary decision. Artists have applied paint to board, stretched canvas and other taut supports for centuries. Gilliam was applying paint to a piece of canvas but taking that canvas and putting it out in the world as a three-dimensional object, one whose shape would alter with every installation. Light Depth (1969) is a 10-by-75-foot length of canvas. Gilliam knotted it in five places, creating baroque swags of color. One of the swags is cinched up with a string, breaking its sweep. The work's installation, usually across a corner, is different each time, but the soaked tie-dye-like colors retain something of the '60s zeitgeist. (Kelly Klaasmeyer)