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Sam Gilliam's (1933-) career has sky rocketed in the last decade. His draped canvases from the 1960s and 70s are breaking records at auction. Museums are eager to add the work of black artists to their collections, and Gilliam, based in Washington, DC, is arguably the highest on the list of must-have artists in permanent collections across America. While most collectors are familiar with his early work, not all know he is still making art--and on his own terms at age 85. Gilliam's later works continue to play with the picture plane. Whether carving reliefs out of thick sheets of …