Aminah Robinson: Beaded and Bound

Fort Gansevoort New York · West Village / Union Square / Meatpacking

Exhibition on view: Nov 19, 2026 - Jan 16, 2027

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson's "Beaded and Bound" gathers 25 handmade books, monumental textile works she called "RagGonNon," and fabric dolls encrusted with buttons, beads, and found objects. Through embroidery, appliqué, painting, and handwritten text, the late Columbus, Ohio, artist turned family memories and neighborhood stories into tactile records of Black life and the African diaspora.

Artworks in this exhibition

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, A Holy Place: The Elijah Pierce Barbershop, 1983. Buttons, beads, wood, found objects, hair, thread, and fabric, 30 x 102 in. © Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust. Courtesy of the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust, Columbus Museum of Art, and Fort Gansevoort, New York.

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Women in Poindexter Village, 1986. Buttons, beads, thread, ink, paint, and fabric. © Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust. Courtesy of the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust, Columbus Museum of Art, and Fort Gansevoort, New York.

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Atrium Diary, 1987. Buttons, beads, thread, stamps, paint, fabric, and parchment. © Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust. Courtesy of the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust, Columbus Museum of Art, and Fort Gansevoort, New York.

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Detail: A Holy Place: The Elijah Pierce Barbershop, 1983. © Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust. Courtesy of the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust, Columbus Museum of Art, and Fort Gansevoort, New York.