FAITH RINGGOLD’S ART of LIBERATION

Faith Ringgold, photographed by John Edmonds for Bazaar’s March 2021 issue

TO FAITH RINGGOLD, who passed away on April 13 at the age of 93, freedom was not inevitable but something that constantly needed to be fought for. It was a subject Ringgold explored in her art, which included elaborate quilts and mixed-media pieces that stitched together powerful narratives about family, community, gender, race, and what it meant to live in a country that promised freedom for everyone but provided it for only some. It also inspired her activism in the 1960s and 1970s, as she protested the art world’s systematic exclusion of women and artists of color from mainstream galleries and institutions. For Ringgold, who was born and raised in Harlem, quilting was a family tradition that went back to her great-great-grandmother, who had been enslaved. Ringgold viewed it as…

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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, June/July 2024

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