Catalog of an exhibition held at Serpentine Gallery, London, June 6-September 8, 2019; Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland, 2020. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Black Power / Michele Wallace -- Conversation / Faith Ringgold and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Works -- Early works, 1963-4 -- American people, 1963-7 -- Black light 1967-9 -- Political posters, 1970-2 -- Slave rape, 1972 -- Feminist series, 1972-3/1993 -- Windows of the wedding, 1974 -- Early quilts, 1983-8 -- The american collection, 1997 -- Coming to Jones Road parts 1 and 2, 1999-2000/2010 -- Jazz stories, 2004-7.
Summary:
For more than five decades, Ringgold has consistently challenged perceptions of African American identity and gender inequality through the lenses of the feminist and the civil rights movements. As cultural assumptions and prejudices persist, her work retains its contemporary resonance. Focussing on different series that she has created over the past 50 years, this survey of her work includes paintings, story quilts and political posters made during the Black Power movement. Exhibition: Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (06.06. - 08.09.2019).
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