Featuring 150 color photographs, "Spirits of the Cloth" is one of the first popular books to showcase the work of contemporary African-American quilters....more
No matter how society conspires to usher certain groups toward its dimly lit margins, some folks always work their way back to the center waving and shouting. Faith Ringgold redefines the solemn artistic canon represented by Van Gogh, Matisse, and Monet with her intricate, glorious story quilts. Their fabric and...more
In We Flew over the Bridge, one of the country’s preeminent African American artistsâand award-winning children’s book authorsâshares the fascinating story of her life. Faith Ringgold’s artworksâstartling “story quilts,” politically charged paintings, and moreâhang in the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum...more
The story of Faith Ringgold--activist, author, academician--is an uplifting look at a progressive artist who overcame discrimination and triumphed as a giant figure in American art, notable as an accomplished painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, and an art quilter. She has never abandoned her goal of searching for human dignity...more
This is an important new book published to coincide with a major exhibition of Faith Tinggold's new work and Studio collection. While the book explores Faith's work in her studio and her personal artistic journey, it is also an encounter between one artist and another, between Faith and her collaborator...more
A biography of African-American artist Faith Ringgold describes her creation of the painted story quilt, an art form combining rich oral history with colorful paintings on quilted fabric and canvas....more