Ringgold’s largest retrospective to date traces her career over six decades, from her groundbreaking narrative paintings of the civil-rights era to the celebrated ‘story quilts’ she has been making since the 1980s. Autobiography has always been an important element of the artist’s work, and the works in the show together tell the story of her life, from helping her mother sew quilts in her formative years to her later experiences as a mother and activist. Find out more from the New Museum’s website.
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American People Series #20: Die (1967), Faith Ringgold. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY; courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2021; © Faith Ringgold/ARS, NY and DACS, London
American People Series #1: Between Friends (1963), Faith Ringgold. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York; courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2021; © Faith Ringgold/ARS, NY and DACS, London,
Dancing at the Louvre: The French Collection Part I, #1 (1991), Faith Ringgold. Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, Gambier. Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2021; © Faith Ringgold/ARS, NY and DACS, London
Slave Rape #2: Run You Might Get Away (1972), Faith Ringgold. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging; courtesy Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London/ ACA Galleries, New York; © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London
American People Series #18: The Flag Is Bleeding (1967), Faith Ringgold. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2021; © Faith Ringgold/ARS, NY and DACS, London