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Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn, 1940-2015

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Book Walk Series in the Backwoods, 1978

 Item — Box 110: [Barcode: 31858073143681]
Identifier: CC-36347-38137
Scope and Contents

Nineteen handmade books, drawings and objects are placed randomly within the leather formed feet. the bottom of the feet are hand lettered" Souls that walk Souls that talk." The project was started in 1979; the drawings are dated 1983. The theme of the work is the daily rural life of the Afro-American community including the papermakers at a community center, animal sketches, people and a leather object shaped like Noah's ark. Robinson, who received a MacArthur prize, had a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Cries of Poindexter Village, 1980

 Item — Box 127: [Barcode: 31858072458296]
Identifier: CC-03692-3758
Scope and Contents

The text appears to be an autobiographical account of the artist's youth. All leather work, including tanning, was done by the artist. Aminah Robinson (1940-2015) has also signed some of the books in this production with her given name, Brenda Lynn Robinson. Robinson, who received a MacArthur prize, had a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum 2006. This piece was in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980