Symphonic Poem : The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
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Book Description
African American artist Aminah Robinson (b. 1940) works her magic in a stunning array of richly textured, wildly colorful multimedia works. Grand collages on fabric, sculptures, drawings, paintings, carvings, quilts, and books weave memory into a moving and unique art that documents her own and her community's history. Symphonic Poem--the catalogue for a major traveling exhibition celebrating her work--brings together more than 100 of Robinson's works with essays exploring her life, African influences and spirituality in her art, and her work in relation to that of other contemporary African-American artists.
Throughout this book Robinson herself speaks about her life, her family, her travels, and her work, and provides a view of The Dollhouse, the workspace she has built in her backyard. This strikingly designed, oversized volume, complete with three gatefolds, is a lush and inviting look at the work of an exceptional artist.
About the Author
Carole Genshaft is Co-curator of the accompanying exhibition of Aminah Robinson's art. Leslie King-Hammond is Dean of Graduate Studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Romana Austin is Director of the Hampton University Museum of Virginia. Annagreth Nil, Curator of the Columbus Museum of Art, is Co-curator of the exhibition.
Symphonic Poem: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson,Carole Miller Genshaft,Leslie King-Hammond,Ramona Austin,Annegreth Nil,Harry N Abrams,0810945053,American - African-American,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Catalogs,Individual Artist,Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn,Art / Individual Artist,Biography: general,Exhibition catalogues and specific collections,Individual artists
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