239 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits (chiefly color) 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Interviews
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Essays
Illustrated works
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2022
21st century
20th century
Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the New Museum, New York, February 17-June 5, 2022 and de Young, San Francisco, July 16-November 27, 2022--Colophon
Tip-in: One sheet of exhibition informtion (1 unnumbered leaf : color illustrations ; 29 cm)
"Faith Ringgold: American People" : Feburary 17-June 5, 2022, New Museum, New York, New York, United States
"Faith Ringgold: American People" : July 16-November 27, 2022, de Young, San Francisco, California, United States
Contents:
Director's foreword / Lisa Phillips -- Hot from her soul: Faith Ringgold's art activism / Lucy R. Lippard -- Early works -- Murals on 57th Street / Mark Godfrey -- American people -- Faith / Amiri Baraka -- Black light -- The people's flag show / LeRonn P. Brooks -- Posters, for the women's house -- For a children's revolution / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Feminist series, slave rape, windows of the wedding, dah, first story quilts -- Inside and outside the museum / Bridget R. Cooks -- Soft sculptures -- Summoning ancestors, inspiring descendants: Faith Ringgold and literature / Zoé Whitley -- The bitter nest -- In conversation: A retelling of Tar Beach / Jordan Casteel -- The fantastical alive / Tschabalala Self -- The soft library of faith / Diedrick Brackens -- Tar Beach and New York quilts -- Dancing at the Louvre / Michele Wallace -- The French collection -- Opening doors: A conversation with Faith Ringgold / Massimiliano Gioni -- The American collection, coming to Jones Road part 2 -- Works in exhibition -- Artist biography -- Contributor biographies -- Board of Trustees -- Image credits
Summary:
Faith Ringgold is an American artist whose methods of visual storytelling have documented and advanced art historical, feminist, and civil-rights movements for more than half a century. Accompanying a major retrospective at the New Museum, New York, this expansive survey covers work from all periods of her career, including her early civil rights-era figurative paintings, her graphic political protest posters, and her signature experimental story quilts
"The most comprehensive survey to date of the work of Faith Ringgold, whose groundbreaking art and political activism span more than sixty years - featuring a stellar line-up of contributors and an unprecedented collection of images. Faith Ringgold is a critically acclaimed American artist whose unique methods of visual storytelling have documented and advanced art historical, feminist, and civil-rights movements for more than half a century. Accompanying a major retrospective at the New Museum, New York, this expansive survey covers work from all periods of her career, including her early civil rights-era figurative paintings, her graphic political protest posters, and her signature experimental story quilts."-- Description from Phaidon Press website, accessed 20221003
