Self-study
P1
African American painter Sam Gilliam (b. █████ ██ ███████████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████████ ████ ███ ██████████ █████ ███████ █ █████ ██ █████ █████ █████ ████████ ██████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ███ ██████ ███ █████ █████ █████ ███ ██ █████████ ███████████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ██████████████ ███
Intro topic ·
Painter Sam Gilliam and Washington Color School (WCS)
Abstract artists
History of WCS ·
From complex to simplified abstractions
P2
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Gilliam's motivation ·
To create more experimental, less literal art than contemporaries
Other African American artists' work was representational (literal) with clear messages; Gilliam wanted more "artsy" art
Example of literal art ·
What Gilliam was reacting against
Revisit Gilliam's motivation ·
To create more expressive art
Saw literal art as limiting
Author's perspective ·
Gilliam's motivation was unique
P3
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Contrast ·
Gilliam's view with public's view
Public expected African American art to have direct, political messages; Gilliam's art was different, experimental
Examples of Gilliam's style ·
Folded and unsupported canvases
Significance of examples ·
Conveyed complex artistic ideas
Main point ·
Gilliam's art conveyed some things better than literal art forms could
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
6.
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a
Artists need not ██ █████████ ████ █████████ ████████████ ██ ███ █████
Not supported, because even though Gilliam would think artists shouldn’t be constrained by the public’s expectations about the kind of messaging in art, this doesn’t imply Gilliam thinks there shouldn’t be concern with aesthetic restrictions.
b
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Although Gilliam was inspired by laundry hanging on clotheslines, this doesn’t imply that he thinks artists should be inspired by real-life images. What he was in fact inspired by doesn’t tell us what he thinks artists should take inspiration from. Maybe he doesn’t even have opinions about what artist should be inspired by.
c
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This is supported by the fact that Gilliam was a
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