BSU SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL 2009

THE BOWIE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
WELCOMES YOU
TO THE SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL 2009





PLEASE ATTEND THIS SPECIAL EVENT
AN AFTERNOON ARTIST TALK
WITH SAM GILLIAM

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
1:00 P.M.
CLT 102




Born in Tupelo in 1933, Sam Gilliam is internationally-recognized for his colorful, pioneering abstract painting. He has been identified as one of the most significant living artists working today. Soon after earning a Master of Arts degree from the University of Louisville, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he launched his professional career in 1963 with a solo exhibition of expressive figural paintings at the Adams Morgan Gallery. By 1967, the artist had begun applying a fresh, creative approach to the traditional medium of watercolor by folding, creasing and manipulating color-saturated sheets of paper. The resulting lines gave compositional structure that played off the amorphous pools of lush pigment. Gilliam emphatically found his own voice and niche in art history in 1968, when he took the unprecedented step of exhibiting his richly-hued canvases not on traditional wooden stretcher bars, but rather draped and suspended from gallery walls and ceilings. Gilliam has continued throughout his brilliant career to defy categorization as an artist, exploring shaped canvases, three-dimensional painted wall constructions and hinged-panel paintings on birch plywood. A leading international figure in the visual arts, native son Sam Gilliam is a splendid exemplar of Mississippi’s substantial contributions to American art.

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WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO?

as i've created my art over the years i've seen many changes in my media, styles, and visual language. there have also been many consistent elements as well. over this time a question has resurfaced repeatedly either in my questioning of myself, or through questions from audiences and interviewers. it is the question of identity: how do you identify yourself, how do others identify you and what effect does this have on what art you create and how you create it? so i pose this question to the artists, who are you and what do you do? i'd love to hear from you, and if you are willing, to see at least one sample image of your work with your response, or a link to your website, blog, myspace, etc. i'm sharing this information with my students and hope to get them to think about this issue for a moment as they move toward developing their own forms of expression... their own voices through their work.

i've included a link to the exhibition "ethiopian passages" from the smithsonian national museum of african art. the essay is informative. there is also an interesting set of interviews with the artists discussing their perceptions on identity. enjoy.

welcome to artropspectives

welcome to artrospectives. this blog is a forum for the exhibition and discussion of art: 2-D, 3-D, mixed media, digital, installation..... through this blog i will try to connect readers with a number of interactive resources that are available online. the subsequent discussions will range from personal response to professional art critique. i look forward to sharing a vigorous dialogue with you.