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ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory Disney-Britton

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940-2015)

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, an Ohio artist, known for her dazzling rag paintings of African American culture iconography, died recently. She was 75. In 2004, my husband Ernest was instrumental in bringing her two monumental "RagGonNons," into the collection at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, where her spiritual work has touched thousands of lives. Leonardo da Vinci said, "A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not," and that's why the journey of Aminah Robinson (above) is my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: The psychedelic world of a Tibetan buddhist monk [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Kehinde Wiley reimagines power with a modern twist [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Showcasing gods and goddesses in metal and painting [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Abercrombie & Fitch v.s. a Muslim woman's hijab [More News]
• Jewish Art of Week: Maimonides' Mishneh Torah reunited in Jerusalem [More News]

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