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Faith Ringgold

American artist known for narrative quilts and intersectional activism.

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Born Faith Willi Jones on October 8, 1930, at Harlem Hospital in New York City, Ringgold was an American painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and intersectional activist, particularly recognized for her narrative quilts.[1][2] Ringgold passed away at age 93 on April 13, 2024, at her Englewood, New Jersey residence.[3]

Life and work

She received her bachelor's degree in 1955 and her master's degree in 1959 from City College.[4] She was inspired by Tibetan thangkas encountered at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to produce fabric borders around her own work.[5] Ringgold created her first story quilt, Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima?, in 1983 as a way to publish her unedited words.[6] She wrote and illustrated 17 children's books, with her first being Tar Beach published by Crown in 1991.[7]

Chronic asthma led Ringgold to spend significant time on visual art as a child, frequently using crayons in her early experiments.[8] In 1948, Ringgold entered the City College of New York but had to pursue art education as her major because the institution restricted women to specific fields of study.[9] After earning her degree, Ringgold started painting in the 1950s, producing works characterized by flat figures and shapes.[10] Ringgold left her public school teaching job in 1973 to focus entirely on making art.[11]

Throughout her life, Ringgold was involved with multiple feminist and anti-racist organizations as an activist.[12]

What the cited sources add

Her website states that Ringgold began making tankas, soft sculptures, and masks in the early 1970s.[6] Ringgold's website notes that she traveled to Nigeria and Ghana in the late 1970s to see the mask traditions that influenced her.[6] The Art Story account describes her Black Light series as intended to create a "more affirmative black aesthetic."[13] Her website confirms that Crown Publishers published Tar Beach in 1991, and that she has been represented exclusively by ACA Galleries since 1995.[6]

The Art Story notes that Ringgold's American People series comprises twenty works she characterized as being "about the condition of black and white America and the paradoxes of integration felt by many black Americans."[13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gipson, "Women's work: from feminine arts to feminist art", Frances Lincoln, 2022; "Faith Ringgold's website"; "Faith Ringgold", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Fox, "Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children's Books", The New York Times, April 13, 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker Hill Pub in association with the Allentown Art Museum, 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fox, "Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children's Books", The New York Times, April 13, 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ringgold, "Faith Ringgold Chronology", Faith Ringgold; Ringgold, "Faith Ringgold Chronology", Faith Ringgold (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holton, "Faith Ringgold: A View from the Studio", Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc., 2004, p. 44 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "About Faith", FaithRinggold.com. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Faith Ringgold blogspot."; "Tar Beach" (one library record). WorldCat.; "Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winners". ezra-jack-keats.org.; "Brooklyn Museum", Faith Ringgold; "Tar Beach" (one library record). WorldCat.; Millman, "Faith Ringgold's Quilts and Picturebooks: Comparisons and Contributions", Children's Literature in Education, December 2005, p. 383–388 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker Hill Pub in association with the Allentown Art Museum, 2004; "Faith Ringgold", Biography.com, November 5, 2021; Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker Hill Pub in association with the Allentown Art Museum, 2004; Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker Hill Pub in association with the Allentown Art Museum, 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Faith Ringgold (b. 1930), Painter, Sculptor, Quilter, Performance Artist.", Credo Reference; "About: Our History", The City College of New York, June 30, 2015; Farrington, "Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists", Oxford University Press, 2011; "Faith Ringgold (b. 1930), Painter, Sculptor, Quilter, Performance Artist.", Credo Reference; Ringgold, "We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold", Little Brown & Co., 1995; "Faith Ringgold", Oxford Reference; Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ringgold, "Faith Ringgold Chronology", Faith Ringgold (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "About Faith", FaithRinggold.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Faith Ringgold" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker Hill Pub in association with the Allentown Art Museum, 2004; Holton, "A View From the Studio", Bunker Hill Pub in association with the Allentown Art Museum, 2004 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. "Faith Ringgold Biography, Life & Quotes", The Art Story. facts only, no text reused. theartstory.org

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