Pace Publishing Sam Gilliam Existed Existing Introduction by Arne Glimcher, Texts by Courtney J. Martin, Fred Moten, Hans Ulrich ObristDesign by Tomo Makiura & Mine Suda Published for Sam Gilliam’s recent exhibition, Existed Existing, this book features new paintings, washi papers, and sculptural works by the artist.Courtney J. Martin discusses Gilliam’s approach to exhibition-making and the evolution of his practice in her essay “Imagine the Show on the First Day.” In “The Circle With a Whole in the Middle,” poet, cultural theorist, and MacArthur Fellow Fred Moten illuminates Gilliam’s work in dialogue with the aesthetic considerations of abstraction and Blackness. An interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist explores themes including family, music, peers, and poetry. Publication DetailsSam Gilliam: Existed ExistingIntroduction by Arne Glimcher, Texts by Courtney J. Martin, Fred Moten, Hans Ulrich ObristDesign by Tomo Makiura & Mine Suda2020Hardcover157 Pages10 1/4 x 10 1/4" Shop$65 USD (opens in a new window) Purchase Now Learn MoreSam GilliamExhibitionSam Gilliam: Existed ExistingNov 6 – Dec 19, 2020 As an artist, [Sam Gilliam] acts as an agent activating the artwork, which is a way of side-stepping the limited definition of an artist as only a maker of objects. Courtney J. Martin The spiraling continuity of Gilliam’s career induces punctuated disequilibrium, a rush of steady contemplation, the apposition of the unthought, which turns out to have been thinking all along. Fred Moten Sam Gilliam: Existed Existing (opens in a new window) Purchase Now (opens in a new window) Explore Our Books (opens in a new window) Browse Our Shop Read More Pace Publishing — Sam Gilliam: Existed Existing, Feb 11, 2021