8️⃣ ( f12 jogo ) - 8️⃣ A artista e autora Faith Ringgold, conhecida 8️⃣ por seus tapetes narrativos que entrelaçavam arte com ativismo, morreu aos 93 anos. O falecimento de Ringgold, f12 jogo f12 jogo casa 8️⃣ f12 jogo Nova Jersey no sábado, foi relatado primeiramente pelo New York Times.
8️⃣ "Faith deixa um legado impactante de ativismo e advocacia 8️⃣ pela diversidade e inclusão que marcou profundamente o mundo da arte, inspirando incontáveis outras pessoas a usarem f12 jogo voz como 8️⃣ ferramenta de mudança social", disse Dorian Bergen, Presidente das ACA Galleries, que representavam Ringgold há quase três décadas, f12 jogo um 8️⃣ comunicado fornecido à f12 jogo . "Sentiremos muito f12 jogo falta e continuaremos nos comprometendo a continuar essa legacy compartilhando seu 8️⃣ trabalho, filosofias e vida com o mundo."
8️⃣ Ringgold, nascida f12 jogo 1930 f12 jogo Harlem durante o Renascimento de Harlem, draws inspiration from 8️⃣ the tumultuous social realities she lived through. As a student, her formal initiation in the arts was almost curtailed by 8️⃣ the City College of New York's regulations of the time, which restricted women to specific majors - art not being 8️⃣ one of them. However, Ringgold's determination led her to strike a deal with a school administrator: her art studies were 8️⃣ contingent upon primarily enrolling in the school of education, where women were allowed. 8️⃣
After earning her bachelor's degree in fine art 8️⃣ and education in 1955, Ringgold began teaching art in public schools while developing her own art. She later received a 8️⃣ master's degree in art from City College in 1959. Her early work was influenced by civil and racial unrest, and 8️⃣ had powerful political and social tones.
Série "The American People"
8️⃣ Entre 1963 e 1967, Ringgold portrayed fraught race relations in America in 8️⃣ a series of paintings titled "The American People Series." The series' final painting, "American People Series 20: Die," is a 8️⃣ vivid critique of the violent riots of the Civil Rights era. The painting, arguably the series' most famous, gruesomely depicts 8️⃣ a group of men, women and children brutally attacking one another. It is now part of the Museum of Modern 8️⃣ Art's permanent collection.
8️⃣ "I became fascinated with the ability of art to document the time, place, and cultural identity of the 8️⃣ artist," she told the Museum of Modern Art. "How could I, as an African American woman artist, document what was 8️⃣ happening around me?"
8️⃣ Ringgold's early work did not enjoy much success at the time, driving the mother of two to take 8️⃣ her activism to the streets for causes such as women's representation - especially of Black women - in mainstream art 8️⃣ exhibitions and collections. In 1970, Ringgold was arrested and charged with desecrating the American flag for co-organizing the "People's Flag 8️⃣ Show," an exhibition protesting against the Vietnam War, and for artists' First Amendment right to use the flag as material. 8️⃣
"They 8️⃣ didn't keep me in for long because the media was watching," she told the New York Times of her sentencing. 8️⃣
Quilts de Ringgold
8️⃣ Around the same time, Ringgold began incorporating new materials into her art. She experimented with sculpting in wood and 8️⃣ clay, but the dust triggered her asthma eased her to shift ...