Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Fredrik Nilsen Studio. News Pace Welcomes Sam Gilliam We are honored to announce representation of Sam Gilliam, marking the first time the artist will be represented by a New York-based gallery in his six-decade career.Pace has long-championed an innovative and boundary-breaking approach to painting from the work of artists like Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, and Robert Ryman, among many others. Gilliam’s enduring dedication to expanding the very idea of what painting can be is a vital part of this history. Pace will work in close collaboration with David Kordansky, whose Los Angeles-based gallery has represented Gilliam for many years. "Sam Gilliam has been a radical and influential artist since his works first appeared on the scene in the mid-sixties. Inventing the path by which the canvas was freed of its support, he transformed the possibilities of picture maxking internationally. Draping the canvases in space, they invoke natural phenomena, like experiencing the Aurora Borealis…folded, tied, and clinging to the wall like giant butterflies—Sam is relentless in his search for beauty.”—Arne Glimcher, Pace Gallery FounderRead more in the full press release and in The New York Times. Read More Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69, 1969, acrylic on canvas, installation dimensions variable, approximate installation dimensions: 140 x 185 x 16 inches, (355.6 x 469.9 x 40.6 cm), Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Fredrik Nilsen Studio. 1/2 Sam Gilliam, Green April, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 98 x 271 x 3 7/8 inches (248.9 x 688.3 x 9.8 cm), Collection of Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Lee Thompson. 2/2 Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Journal View All Pace Live Watch Austin Williamson and Brent Hayes Edwards Perform "Epistrophy: For Voice and Drum" May 27, 2022 Films Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, and William T. Williams In Conversation Apr 25, 2022 News Dia Art Foundation and MFA Houston Acquire Sam Gilliam's "Double Merge" (1968) Mar 15, 2021 Museum Exhibitions The Ringling Presents "Sam Gilliam: Selections" Feb 21, 2021 News — Pace Welcomes Sam Gilliam, Jul 29, 2019