Faith Ringgold : American people /
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...
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Phaidon Press Limited,
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Publisher Address: | London, England : |
Publication Dates: | 2022. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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."-- |
Item Description: |
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). |
Carrier Form: | 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9781838664220 183866422X 9783753300115 375330011X 9780999802960 0999802968 |
Index Number: | N6537 |
CLC: |
J171.209.5-28 J171.21-28 |
Call Number: | J171.21-28/R581 |
Contents: |
Director's foreword / Hot from her soul: Faith Ringgold's art activism / Murals on 57th Street / Faith / The people's flag show / For a children's revolution / Inside and outside the museum / Summoning ancestors, inspiring descendants: Faith Ringgold and literature / In conversation: A retelling of Tar Beach / The fantastical alive / The soft library of faith / Dancing at the Louvre / Opening doors: A conversation with Faith Ringgold / |