Faith Ringgold

by Farrington, Lisa E.

• ISBN13: 9780764927614
• ISBN10: 0764927612
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Pomegranate

Summary

The story of Faith Ringgold--activist, author, academician--is an uplifting look at a progressive artist who overcame discrimination and triumphed as a giant figure in American art, notable as an accomplished painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, and an art quilter. She has never abandoned her goal of searching for human dignity and empowerment for fellow African Americans while tirelessly fighting against discrimination. Faith Ringgold is a captivating look at the personal and professional life of one of the country's most notable female artists. Selected works from several of her famous series are presented, including The Flag Is Bleeding, Help: the Slave Rape Series #11, The Purple Dolt Series, Mother's Quilt, and We Came to America. Lisa E. Farrington is a faculty member at Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she teaches art and race and gender issues. A former Mellon Foundation fellow and recipient of numerous academic awards and honors, she is the author of Creaing Their Own Image; African-American Women Artists (Oxford University Press, 2004) and Art on Fire; The Politics of Race and Sex in the Paintings of Faith Ringgold (Millennium, 1999).

Author Biography

Dwid C. Driskell is Distinguished University Professor of Art Emeritus from the University of Maryland Lisa E. Farrington is a faculty member at Parsons School of Design in New York City, teaching Western art, Haitian art, African American art, and race and gender issues

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
American People	p. 11
Black Light	p. 28
The Thangka Paintings	p. 41
Craft as High Art	p. 58
The Story Quilts	p. 73
Epilogue	p. 101
Faith Ringgold Chronology	p. 105
Index	p. 113
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