Meanwhile, check out Sam Gilliam's 1969 draped canvas painting Light Depth, and one of Chicago artist Rashid Johnson's unconventional adaptations, often garnered with Q-tips, black-eyed peas, and chicken bones, Grand Galactic Cloak. If you like what you see, you can find Johnson's work at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago, as well as Gilliam's work in major art institutions across the country.
Top: Sam Gilliam, Light Depth, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 75 ft.
Bottom: Rashid Johnson, Grand Galactic Cloak, 2007.