Faith Ringgold Quilt Artist
Sacramento, Calif –UPDATED December 22, 2017 –
On February 18, 2018, the Crocker Art Museum will bring to Sacramento Faith Ringgold: An American Artist. This exhibition features Ringgold’s famous story quilts. In other words, tankas, inspired by thangkas, Tibetan textile paintings. Also included are Ringold’s oil paintings, prints, drawings, masks, and sculptures. Furthermore, on view are the original illustrations from the artist’s award-winning book Tar Beach.
Harlem-born Artist and Activist
After a trip to Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum in 1972,Harlem-born artist and activist Ringgold began working with textiles. After that,a gallery guard introduced her to Tibetan thangkas. Above, all,thangkas are traditional Buddhist paintings on cloth, surrounded by silk brocades. After returning home, Ringgold enlisted the help of her mother, a professional dressmaker.Importantly, Ms. Ringgold made politically minded thangkas of her own. Certainly,she sewed frames of cloth around depictions of brutal rape and slavery. In 1980, Ringgold crafted her first quilt. Again,with some sewing help from her mother. Ms. Ringgold created Echoes of Harlem (1980).Moreover,she portrayed 30 Harlem residents in a mandala-like composition.
Story Quilts
After that, her mother died in 1981, Ringgold continued to work with textiles.However,she embarked on a series of story quilts that would come to define her career. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-why-faith-ringgold-matters
Moreover,these works combined visual and written storytelling to explore topics. In addition, the underrepresentation of African Americans in art history stands out. Moreover, she explored her upbringing in Harlem. After that, the legacy of Aunt Jemima. According to the artist, the textile medium allows her political messages to be more digestible. “When [viewers are] looking at my work, they’re looking at a painting. Certainly,they’re able to accept it better because it is also a quilt,” she says.
https://www.philamuseum.org/booklets/8_48_99_0.html
Finally,EXHIBITION: Faith Ringgold: An American Artist
VENUE: Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA
DATES: February 18, 2018 — May 13, 2018
- Four-decade survey of artist’s career
- Includes one of Ringgold’s most famous narrative quilts and illustrations for the children’s book it inspired
http://Faith Ringgold quilt artisthttps://annbaldwinmayartquilts.com/2018/07/a-world-of-fiber-art/
https://annbaldwinmayartquilts.com/2020/07/political-quilts2008-2014/
