Updates and Addenda for Faith Ringgold: Who I Am and Why article

 

The Faith Ringgold/Who I Am and Why article is posted here.

Art and Film

Robin Cembalest of Art News writes about Faith Ringgold's Die as a centerpiece of the new exhibitions at the Perez Museum in conjunction with Miami Basel and continuing through May 2014.  The article links slavery themes in the movies to current art exhibitions.

Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach 2 appears in the Nov. 3013 release, Black Nativity, directed by Kasi Lemmons. The Forest Whittaker and Angela Basset characters are a minister and his wife who have a beautiful brownstone.  Tar Beach 2 is a centerpiece in many shots. 

More about Cafe Des Artistes

Cafe des Artistes/The French Collection, acrylic on canvas/quilt frame 79 x 90Faith Ringgold convenes a gathering of luminaries in this work.

Front row, left to right: William H. Johnson, Archibald Motley, Willia Marie Simone, Elizabeth Catlett, Lois Mailou Jones, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Edmonia Lewis, Faith Ringgold.
Middle row, left to right: Sargent Johnson, Romare Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Henry O. Tanner, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Vang Gogh, Augusta Savage,
Back row, left to right: Ed Clark, Raymond Saunders, Jacob Lawrence, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Maurice Urtillo.

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Faith graduates from Morris High School, 1948. Faith Ringgold collection1. Mme Willi Posey Business card. Collection of Faith Ringgold
2. Detail of Photo of Betsy Bingham, Jacksonville Florida circa 1917. Collection of Faith Ringgold.
3. Mme. Willi Posey, Harlem 1950. Photographer Howard D'Laigle, Sr. Collection of Faith Ringgold.

4. Matisse's Chapel/The French Collection 1991 acrylic on canvas/quilt frame 74 x79.5 Private Collection

5. Cafe des Artistes/The French Collection acrylic on canvas/quilt frame 79 x 90. Private Collection

6. Willi Posey (l) with daughters Barbara (bride) and Faith in glasses. 1950. Photographer Howard D'Laigle Sr. Collection of Faith Ringgold.

7. Between Friends/American People Series 1963 oil on canvas 40 x 24 Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art
8. Echoes of Harlem/Quilt Acrylic on canvas 96 x 84 Collection of The Studio Museum of Harlem
9. The Cocktail Party/American People 1964 oil on canvas 22 x 64 Artist's Collection
10. Cover of Ms. Magazine, December 1978.
11. Woman Looking in a Mirror/American People Series 1966 Oil on canvas. 36 x 32. Artist's Collection
12. Tar Beach 2. Quilt Edition. Silkscreen on Silk, 66 x 66. 1990. Faith Ringgold and Who I Am and Why author Melanee Harvey
13. Photo of Posey children in Harlem. Howard D'Laigle 1932.
14. Photo of Daughters and Models with Mme. Willi Posey at her home on Edgecombe Avenue, Harlem in 1955. Photo by Howard D'Laigle.

15. Mme. Willi Posey and Faith with reel to reel tape recorder. 1955.Photo by Howard D'Laigle.
16. Self Portrait, Pastel on Paper 1959. Collection of Michele Wallace. Copyright Faith RInggold.
17. Photo of Faith Ringgold with daughters Michele and Barbara in costume for dance routine. 1957. Photo by Howard D'Laigle. Collection of Faith Ringgold.
18. Faith Ringgold modeling dress by Mme. Willi Posey. 1959. Collection of Faith Ringgold.

19. Faith Ringgold in Bronx appartment. 1960. Collection of Faith Ringgold.
20. Faith Ringgold and Willi Posey, Michele and Barbara en route to France on the S.S. Liberte, 1961. Collection of Faith RInggold.
21. Faith Ringgold with guests (Richard Mayhew and Romare Bearden) at first one woman show at the Spectrum Gallery 1967.
22. Die/American People Series 1967. oil on canvas. 72 x 144 ditypch. On loan to the Perez Museum, Miami, Florida.

23. Faith Ringgold at Harlem apartment 1968. Self Portrait 1965 (Collection of the Sackler Center of Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum) in the background.
24. The Flag is Bleeding/American People Series oil on canvas. 72 x 96. Artist's Collection.
25. Committee to Defend The Panthers/Posters 1970 Cut Paper 28 x 22
26. Mommy and Daddy/Black Light Series 1969 oil on canvas. 36 x 30. Collection of the Artist
27. Faith Ringgold, Mme. Willi Posey and Michele and Barbara on the day of Faith's completion of her M.S. in Art Education. 1959.
28. Woman Free Yourself/Posters 1971 Offset 23 x 18
29. The Judson 3. Jon Hendricks, Faith Ringgold and Jon Toche at the Flag Show at Judson Memorial Church. 1970. Photo by Fred W. McDarrah.
30. The People's Flag Show/Posters 1970 Offset 24 x 29.5.
31. Opening Page of Black Macho Excerpt in Ms. Magazine December 1968. Collection of Michele Wallace.
32. Gloria Steinem introducing the December issues of Ms. Magazine. Dorothy Height and the wife of the first black representative of the United States and the United Nations with Michele Wallace. Photo by Barbara Wallace. Collection of Michele Wallace.
33. Illustration by Faith Ringgold from a Letter to My Daughters and Granddaughters. Unpublished. Collection of Michele Wallace.
34. Fight to Save Your Life/Slave Rape Series 1972 oil on canvas 87 x 48. Tanka frame by Mme. Willi Posey Collection of the Artist.
35. Michele Wallace on the Phil Donahue Show. 1979. Photo by Barbara Wallace. Collection of Michele Wallace.
36. Illustration by Faith Ringgold from a Letter to My Daughters and Granddaughters. Unpublished. Collection of Michele Wallace.
37. For the Women's House 1970. Oil on canvas 96 x 96. Rose M. Singer Center, Riker's Island, New York, N.Y.
38. Michele Wallace on her terrace at Washington Square Village. 1978. Photo by Barbara Wallace. Collection of Michele Wallace.
39. Ms. Magazine Cover Story. Photo of Michele, Faith Ringgold, Mme. Willi Posey and Theodora Grant, Michele's 2 grandmothers. Photo by Anthony Barboza. December 1978.Collection of Michele Wallace.
40. "The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro: Mama, Nana, Bena and Bubba on the Cooling Pad" Mixed Media Soft Sculpture 1975. Collection of  the Studio Museum of Harlem.
41. Photo of Willi Posey and daughter Barbara Knight at Barbara's M.S. in Education Graduation, Hunter College. c 1961. Photo by Howard D'Laigle. Collection of Faith Ringgold.
42. Barbara Wallace, Graduate Student at University of London. 1977.
43. Photo of Faith Ringgold with her Uncle Cardoza Posey at her B.S. graduation at the City College of New York. 1955. Photo by Howard D'Laigle. Collection of Faith Ringgold.
44. Barack Obama Bust #1. Copyright Faith Ringgold.
45. Barack Obama Bust #2. Copyright Faith Ringgold.
46. "Who's Bad?" Acrylic on canvas with quilt frame. 79.5 x 92.5. 1988. Collection of the Artist. Copyright Faith Ringgold.
47. Portrait of An American Youth/American People Series 1967.
48. Illustration from Declaration of Independence by Faith Ringgold. Copyright Faith Ringgold.
49. Photo of Faith Ringgold with granddaughters Theodora and Faith. 1986. Collection of Faith Ringgold.
50. Faith Ringgold, Michele and Barbara Wallace at Aminah Robinson's Opening at ACA Galleries. Photo by Stacy Long. 2010.