Faith Ringgold

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]*Foto in evidenza:Faith Ringgold, Subway Graffiti #3, 1987, copyright ACA Galleries

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Faith Ringgold, nata nel 1930 ad Harlem, New York, è una pittrice, scultrice a tecnica mista, artista performativa, scrittrice, insegnante e conferenziera. Ha conseguito la laurea e il master in arte visiva presso il City College di New York nel 1955 e nel 1959. Professore emerito di arte presso l’Università della California a San Diego, Ringgold ha ricevuto 23 dottorati honoris causa.

Nei primi anni ’60 Ringgold ha viaggiato in Europa. Dal 1963 al 1967 realizza i suoi primi dipinti politici, The American People Series, e tiene la sua prima e seconda mostra personale alla Spectrum Gallery di New York. All’inizio degli anni ’70 Ringgold inizia a realizzare tankas (ispirati a una forma d’arte tibetana di dipinti incorniciati in tessuti riccamente broccati), sculture morbide e maschere. In seguito ha utilizzato questo mezzo nelle sue performance in maschera degli anni ’70 e ’80. Sebbene l’arte di Faith Ringgold sia stata inizialmente ispirata dall’arte africana negli anni ’60, è stato solo alla fine degli anni ’70 che ha viaggiato in Nigeria e in Ghana per vedere la ricca tradizione di maschere che ha continuato ad essere la sua più grande influenza.

Ha realizzato il suo primo quilt, Echoes of Harlem, nel 1980, in collaborazione con sua madre, Madame Willi Posey. Le trapunte erano un’estensione dei suoi tankas degli anni Settanta. Tuttavia, questi dipinti non erano solo bordati di tessuto, ma anche trapuntati, creando per lei un modo unico di dipingere utilizzando il mezzo della trapunta.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”99729″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]La prima storia quilt di Ringgold, Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima?, è stata scritta nel 1983 come modo per pubblicare le sue parole inedite. L’aggiunta di testi alle sue trapunte si è sviluppata in un mezzo unico e in uno stile tutto suo.

Crown Publishers ha pubblicato il primo libro di Faith Ringgold, il pluripremiato Tar Beach, nel 1991. Ha vinto oltre 20 premi, tra cui il Caldecott Honor e il Coretta Scott King Award per il miglior libro per bambini illustrato del 1991. Una versione animata con Natalie Cole come voce fuori campo è stata creata dalla HBO nel 2010. Il libro si basa sull’omonimo quilt della serie The Woman on a Bridge del 1988. La trapunta originale dipinta, Tar Beach, si trova nella collezione permanente del Museo Solomon R. Guggenheim di New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”99741″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”99744″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Il suo secondo libro per bambini Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky è stato pubblicato nel 1992 da Crown. Nel 1993 Hyperion Books ha pubblicato Dinner at Aunt Connie’s, il terzo libro della Ringgold basato su The Dinner Quilt, del 1986. L’autobiografia di Faith Ringgold e il suo primo libro per un pubblico adulto We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold (Bullfinch 1995; pubblicato in paperback dalla Duke University Press nel 2005) e il libro per bambini My Dream of Martin Luther King. Ad oggi ha illustrato 17 libri per bambini. I libri più recenti di Faith sono Harlem Renaissance Party (Harper Collins 2015) e We Came to America (Alfred A Knopf 2016).

Faith Ringgold è rappresentata in tutto il mondo in esclusiva da ACA Galleries dal 1995.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”99726″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”99732″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”99735″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=”99750″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Faith Ringgold

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]*Featured photo:Faith Ringgold, Subway Graffiti #3, 1987, copyright ACA Galleries

Source: https://www.faithringgold.com/

Faith Ringgold, born 1930 in Harlem, New York, is a painter, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, writer, teacher and lecturer. She received her B.S. and M.A. degrees in visual art from the City College of New York in 1955 and 1959. Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of California in San Diego, Ringgold has received 23 Honorary Doctorates.

During the early 1960’s Ringgold traveled in Europe. She created her first political paintings, The American People Series from 1963 to 1967 and had her first and second one-person exhibitions at the Spectrum Gallery in New York. In the early 1970’s Ringgold began making tankas (inspired by a Tibetan art form of paintings framed in richly brocaded fabrics), soft sculptures and masks. She later utilized this medium in her masked performances of the 1970’s and 80’s. Although Faith Ringgold’s art was initially inspired by African art in the 1960’s, it was not until the late 1970’s that she traveled to Nigeria and Ghana to see the rich tradition of masks that have continued to be her greatest influence.

She made her first quilt, Echoes of Harlem, in 1980, in collaboration with her mother, Madame Willi Posey. The quilts were an extension of her tankas from the 1970’s. However, these paintings were not only bordered with fabric but quilted, creating for her a unique way of painting using the quilt medium.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”99730″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Ringgold’s first story quilt Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima? was written in 1983 as a way of publishing her unedited words. The addition of text to her quilts has developed into a unique medium and style all her own.

Crown Publishers published Faith Ringgold’s first book, the award winning Tar Beach in 1991. It has won over 20 awards including the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King award for the best-illustrated children’s book of 1991. An animated version with Natalie Cole as the voice over was created by HBO in 2010. The book is based on the story quilt of the same title from The Woman on a Bridge Series, 1988. The original painted story quilt, Tar Beach, is in the permanent collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”99742″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”99745″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Her second children’s book Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky was published in 1992 by Crown. In 1993 Hyperion Books published Dinner at Aunt Connie’s, Ringgold’s third book based on The Dinner Quilt, 1986. Faith Ringgold’s autobiography and first book for an adult audience We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold (Bullfinch 1995; released in paperback by Duke University Press in 2005) as well as the children’s book My Dream of Martin Luther King were published. To date she has illustrated 17 children’s books. Faith’s most recent books are Harlem Renaissance Party (Harper Collins 2015) and We Came to America (Alfred A Knopf 2016).

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