![]() She lead a protest against The Whitney museum, who in 1968 had only had 8 out of 151 female artist showing at the museum. I learned Ringgold was significant in organizing protest of museums that were not representing female artist and artist of color. ![]() Instead of being overtly political she had begun to paint optimistic story lines for black females in her art, as she did for Cassie in Tar Beach.ī. Faith’s early paintings had been very political however she had begun to change her approach in her paintings. I also learned that this painting to her symbolizes “potential for freedom and self possession”. ![]() ![]() This is one of Faith Ringgold’s story quilts, entitled Tar Beach (the first in her “women on a bridge” series) It was painted in 1980 and depicts the dream world of the Heroine, Cassie flying over the George Washington bridge and laying on her magical tar beach. ![]()
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