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Art in America: Sept- Oct 1970

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Barbara Chase Riboud, Malcolm X, Monument II, bronze and wool, 1969; collection of the artist. 

Barbara Chase Riboud is a young American black artist who lives in Paris. Using highly original combinations of bronze and silk and bronze and wool, Miss Riboud creates sophisticated reliefs and free-standing sculpture. By dedicating works to a black hero like Malcolm X which reach beyond national as well as ethnic boundaries in their international sophistication, Miss Riboud seems to be saying that it is not necessary for a black artist to confine himself to social protest themes to make a genuine statement.