Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgoldis an African-American artist, best known for her narrative quilts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionIllustrator
Date of Birth8 October 1930
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
trying messages sometimes
I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.
daughter men feminist
I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.
quilts able painting
When they're looking at my work, they're looking at a painting and they're able to accept it better because it is also a quilt.
american-artist enjoy exactly gonna hope looking stories whatever
I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing stories on my work.
american-artist people
I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one.