Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Faith Ringgold "A Survey" @ Jeffrey Deitch
Baby Faith and Willi Series #2, 1982-89
Acrylic on canvas pieced and quilted borders
35 x 30 inches
Feminist Series: “Mr. Black Man Watch Your Step...” #18 of 20, 1973-93
Acrylic on canvas tanka
56 x 26.5 inches
Feminist Series #14 of 20: Men of Eminence..., 1972- 93
Acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border tanka
48 x 30 inches
Windows of the Wedding #10: Family, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
74.5 x 18 inches
Windows of the Wedding #16: Lovers, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
78 x 35 inches
Windows of the Wedding #5: Women and Children, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
86 x 30 inches
California Dah 1, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
113 x 45 inches
Dah #3, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
74 x 58 inches
Baby Faith and Willi Series #5, 1982-89
Acrylic canvas pieced and quilted borders
34 x 30 inches
Emanon #11, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
31 x 27 inches
No More War Story Quilt Part I, 1985
Intaglio, dyed and pieced fabric 63.5 x 97.5 inches
Diptych Part 1
No More War Story Quilt Part II, 1985
Intaglio, dyed and pieced fabric
71 x 101 inches
Diptych Part 2
It was so many years ago in undergrad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that I learned of Faith Ringgold and her work. I was studying Art History and easily drawn to her work for it's eclectic, quilted, layered, multicolor, multivalent voices. Having seen a few here and there over the years, it wasn't until this show that I was able to see what seems an ample cross-section. Here is a sampling of the ones I liked best.