Faith ringgold

Ringgold is the subject of the Serpentine Galleries' summer exhibition and to coincide with the opening, Matchesfashion.com has also dedicated a room at 5 Carlos Place to celebrate her work.

We Came to America, Faith Ringgold, 1997, Acrylic on canvas; painted and pieced border, 74.5 x 79.5 inches

Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City) is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts set in the context of African American culture and history. Her “story quilts,” politically charged paintings, and more hang in the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the

Fifth Graders studied the African American artist Faith Ringgold and her story quilt "Tar Beach." We also read her book named "Tar Beach" ...

Faith Ringgold, Jo Baker’s Birthday, from the portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, MSU purchase, funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies.

Faith Ringgold's New Museum retrospective in New York offers a study in how major artists can go overlooked.

In the POP curriculum for 1st and 2nd grade, we always read and used Faith Ringgold's books as an inspiration and springboard for our POP projects. She will be at ACA gallery on September 16 from 6-8pm for the opening of her show- Faith Ringgold: Coming to Jones Road, Part II & Other Story Quilts. Her layered work combining painting, quilted fabric and storytelling is a must see!

Faith Ringgold's New Museum retrospective in New York offers a study in how major artists can go overlooked.

Faith Ringgold, "You Put the Devil in Me" (2004). Screenprint on paper, 29 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (74.295 x 56.515 cm.). Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter (2011.1.162). © Faith Ringgold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York.