Artist field note

Faith Ringgold

History, story and fabric speak together.

Appears inThe Overlooked
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Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima?

1983

A racist stereotype is dismantled by giving the character family, ambition and a life beyond the image.

The five in one idea

Ringgold made storytelling, politics and textile tradition inseparable from modern art.