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While in Amsterdam and visiting the Rijksmuseum, she encountered 14th and 15th century Nepali paintings framed with cloth brocades, inspiring her to frame her own work with cloth, or quilts; quilting her story to be heard as no one would publish her written work. In 1973, Ringgold began focusing on sculpture, ranging from costumed masks to soft sculptures made to commemorate her local and national events and representing both fictional and real characters and personas she encountered both past and present. Her oeuvre became more diverse and eccentric, shifting as time progressed, shown through her interest in performance art. 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