The New Museum presents New York’s first full retrospective of the art of Faith Ringgold. Bringing together over sixty years of work, Faith Ringgold: American People provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of Ringgold’s impactful vision. Artist, author, educator, and organizer, Faith Ringgold links the multi-disciplinary achievements of the Harlem Renaissance to the political art of young Black artists working today. During the 1960s, Ringgold created some of the most indelible art of the civil rights era, melding her own unique style of figurative painting with a bold, transformative approach to the language of protest. In subsequent decades, she challenged accepted hierarchies of art and craft through her experimental quilt paintings and undertook a deeply studied reimagining of art history, producing narratives that bear witness to the historical sacrifices and achievements of Black Americans.
Faith Ringgold: American People
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
Faith Ringgold, Matisse’s Model: The French Collection Part I, #5, 1991. Acrylic on canvas, printed and tie-dyed pieced fabric, ink, 73 ¼ x 79 ¾ in. (186.1 x 202.6 cm). Baltimore Museum of Art; Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment. © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2022
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
Faith Ringgold, Mother’s Quilt, 1983. Painted, appliqued, and embroidered fabric with sequins, 58 x 43 ½ in. (147.3 x 110.5 cm). Collection Ed Bradley & Patricia Blanchet. © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2022. Courtesy Serpentine, London
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
Faith Ringgold: American People, 2022. Exhibition view. New Museum, New York. Photo: Dario Lasagni
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