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Gwendolyn Ann Magee

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African-American fiber artist

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1943-2011

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(born in North California and died in Mississippi)

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Magee, 1963

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- an activist

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- has studied social science

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-> which has influenced her art

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Magee working on her abstract design Bolero, 2001

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-> depicting Black History, culture and experience

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One of her piece of art entitled Five Years Hard Labor, 2001

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she reprensents issues such as black people facing racial judgement in justice

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God of Our Silent Tears I, 2003

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Black History: the slavery

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When Hope Unborn Had Died, 2004

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Memorial piece to pay tribute to the lynching victims

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The Blood of the Slaughtered I and II, 2001

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expresses her thoughts and feelings about current events through art

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her reaction on Hurricane Katrina through the work of art Requiem, 2007

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Power of her art :

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use of vivid colors -> convey emotions and stories with intensity

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as we can see for example on the piece of art Full of the Faith (2004): use of warmth colors

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Meaningful pieces of art

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anger and despair representing in Shouthern Heritage/Southern Shame, 2001 (her reaction to the failure to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag)

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hope for a better future Lift Every Voice and Sing, 2014

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a captivating and singular art :

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quilt form usually expresses : feelings of comfort, serenity subjects in her art : brutal, intense

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example : 86 Lashes to Go, 2010