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A Subversive Aesthetic

Rosie Lee Tompkins

Tompkins's work is usually understood within the context of her African-American heritage. The various aspects of her style and technique--diversity and experimentation,brilliant and contrasted color, sensuous handling of materials, daringly irregular compositions--have been identified astypifying an important tradition of African-American quilt making.

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