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The Ragmud Series: Volume 1, Folklife in Poindexter Village 1940–1957
Artist: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (American, 1940 - 2015)
Date: 1987-2008
Dimensions:
H: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); W: 10 in. (25.4 cm); Depth: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Medium: Book and case: mixed media
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds given by Rita B. Kern and Dorothy Mackenzie Price, with additional support from the artist and Hammond Harkins Gallery, and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Levis, by exchange
Object number: 2007.99A-K
Label Text:In her 10 unique handmade books, The Ragmud Collection of Folkquilt Stories, Aminah Robinson explores the history of her family, of her community, and of African Americans. The series comprises a labor of love created over a two-decade period and showcases a tremendous range of techniques: from black and white woodcuts to bright watercolor and acrylic paintings to fabric collage. The books also contain various sculptural elements, hidden mini-books, removable figures, music boxes, and other unexpected discoveries and small details that delight.
In Folklife in Poindexter Village Robinson summarizes all the major influences on her life and work, including ancestral events such as the Middle Passage from Africa to America, family history in the slave communities of the South, and the history of the central Ohio area that eventually became the public housing community Poindexter Village in Columbus.
In Folklife in Poindexter Village Robinson summarizes all the major influences on her life and work, including ancestral events such as the Middle Passage from Africa to America, family history in the slave communities of the South, and the history of the central Ohio area that eventually became the public housing community Poindexter Village in Columbus.
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