For the first time in nearly 15 years, a solo show of the artist's work comes to New England.
Born in 1930 in Harlem, the 93-year-old artist has spent decades creating artwork that challenges dominant cultural narratives about Blackness and womanhood. She's fought for the inclusion of Black artists in spaces like the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ringgold has even seen the inside of a jail cell for expressing her artistic voice, when she was accused of desecrating the American flag in 1970.
The exhibit of Faith Ringgold's work, "Freedom to Say What I Please," is on view at the Worcester Art Museum through March 17. Simone comes to realize that she's not interested in being a subject for white male artists."She's like, 'I'm not the model. I'm the artist and I should be able to say what I want'," explains Cataldo."So the title of our exhibition actually comes from how this text ends and the text is in the form of a letter that this protagonist is writing back to her aunt in America.
"Faith is thinking that these generations above and below her aren't going to be able to be together in life, but they can be together in spirit and in her art," Cataldo explains."And I think that that's really beautiful. And these are some of my favorite works in the show because they're deeply personal and so connected to her life.
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