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