Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson - NOMEN: American Women Artists from 1945 to Today New York Monday, June 17, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    New York, Forum Gallery, The Feminist Figure, April 5 - May 5, 2007
    Albany, Opalka Galleries, Stories and Journeys: The Art of Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, January 17 – April 24, 2013
    New York, ACA Galleries, Crosscurrents: A Treasury Through Time, July 9 – August 16, 2013

  • Catalogue Essay

    Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
    Born 1940, Columbus, Ohio
    Died 2015, Columbus, Ohio

    1960 BA Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio
    1960 Ohio State University, Columbus
    Selected museum exhibitions: Tacoma Art Museum (2006); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Chile (2004); Brooklyn Museum (2003); Columbus Museum of Art (1990; 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012); Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco (1989); Akron Museum of Art (1987); Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio (1982); Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio (1982)
    Selected honors: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2004); Governor’s Award for the Visual Arts, Ohio Arts Council (1989); KUUMBA Black Liberation Award in the Visual Arts from Malcolm X College, Chicago (1978)
    Selected public collections: Brooklyn Museum of Art; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati; Newark Museum, New Jersey; Ohio University, Dayton; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio

    A vital figure in the arts and culture of her native Columbus, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson created paintings, books, sculptures, and multimedia works that communicate memory and history with power and determination. In 1990, she created her Clutch of Blossoms series, describing it as “is a body of work about women I have known and women whom I have admired through the years. It's mothers and daughters—it's a celebration of womanhood.” This piece represents Edmonia Lewis, who was the first professional African American sculptor and spent most of her career in Rome.

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Edmonia Lewis/Sculptor - A Clutch of Blossom Series

signed and dated “©1990 Aminah Brenda L Robinson” right edge
mixed media on Pellon
59 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (151.8 x 54.6 cm.)
Executed in 1990.

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NOMEN: American Women Artists from 1945 to Today

New York Selling Exhibition 19 June - 3 August 2019