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"The Best Art In The World"
By RUBEN NATAL-SAN MIGUEL January 31, 2025
Fort Gansevoort Gallery in collaboration with The Columbus Art Museum ( CMA) present the 2004 MacArthur Fellow, Amina Brenda Lynn Robinson “ Character Studies “ focusing on portraiture on drawings and mixed media sculptures.
She uses buttons as part of her mixed media and sculpture to represent personal history, cultural heritage and social commentary. This approach is used with most of the artworks presented in this exhibition. African American artists like Amina Brenda and other contemporary artists like Beau McCall also use buttons to portray African American's personal experiences and identity.
The symbol of buttons is typically for good luck and protection. They can also represent opening or closing. The opening of doors to new opportunities, or closing doors (the past) and moving on.
The exhibition has been extended till February 8, 2025
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, The Brownyskin Man, 1997, 18.5 x 10.5 x 7 in., Hogmawg, fabric, and mixed media
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Philadelphia Pepper Pot Woman, 1989, 25 x 34 in., Watercolor, pen, ink, buttons, and fabric, on paper
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Philadelphia Pepper Pot Woman, 1989, 25 x 34 in., Watercolor, pen, ink, buttons, and fabric, on paper
Installation view
Installation view
Gallery talk
Columbus Art Museum Curator, Deidre Hamlar, Lydia Simon, Nicole Rome Chief Registar & Brooke Minto CMA Director
The Columbus Art Museum staff & Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Art dealer Adam Shopkorn of Fort Gansevoort leading the exhibition talk.
Ruben Natal-San Miguel is a New York based photogrpher published internationally.
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