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
2.
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a
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There’s no evidence from the passage that Gilliam’s work portrays concrete images of things. It’s abstract art that involves paint poured on canvases.
b
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The newspaper photographs depicting war scenes doesn’t fit Gilliam’s work. There’s no indication he uses photos in his work.
c
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There’s no evidence from the passage that Gilliam’s work involves caricatures of things. In addition, it’s not clear that his work contains any identifiable images.
d
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This isn’t a good example of his work, because there’s no evidence Gilliam painted images of things onto canvases. It was purely abstract; he wasn’t trying to depict concrete things in the world.
e
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