Known best for her story quilts depicting African-American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93.
Artist Faith Ringgold, well known for her story quilts depicting African-American experiences, has died. She was 93.
The result is a quilt with square panels showing Black women next to panels of kids, teens, adults, white, and Black. Panels of written text and decorative fabric swatches are checkered between the people. Ringgold's art changed. She began reading work by James Baldwin and Amiri Baraka and became a part of the Black Arts Movement.A visitor watches the work of artist Faith Ringgold,"The Flag is Bleeding #2" during a preview on December 4, 2019.
Ringgold learned to quilt from her family. Her mother, Willi Posey Jones, made dresses; she worked with her daughter to create Ringgold's first story quilt.
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