RINGGOLD'S AND OTHER STORY QUILT 3)ancing at the louvre I >1 wn*"" r ntji hrwuhj*'. !ujrf«MM(M».*Mi#**«ifiteij - M ! .Hb'B&4£/p*'4K»av ^^ U • v> 7# i 4 rmmmsm^mmm >a^ -a DAN CAMERON. RICHARD POWELL. MICHELE WALLACE. PATRICK HILL. THALIA GOUMA-PtTERSON. MOlRA ROTH. * ANN GltlO* J. (^CX^O^O f^fcSD Dancing at the Louvre frjWr. *£u* r i $. ~ T A ' L 1 i 1 M 1 .; WL f ^B * 1 : WI ftijf •v. ?5> ft * — Faith Ringgold's tfz*^ ,• French Collection ^ 1 ir-s&r- f&£* S«5ir—|^Tgr and Other — (? -jH '* - •••"• • « > i i fiib^N^fi^e^^*:?*2;i ^ Story Quilts 1— & » Dan £3F . M ^t« - , : 1 1, « ••• 'V *m\> r -. gold's :h Collection and OtherStoryQuilts EXHIBITION organizedbyDanCameron Theindividualviewsexpressed UniversityofCaliforniaPress nemnasjuu intheexhibitionandpublication BerkeleyandLosAngeles.California 5N8e3wBrMouasdweauym,oNfeCwonYtoerkm,poNrYar1y0A0r1t2 Maruesneoutmn.ecessanlythoseofthe UniversityofCaliforniaPress,Ltd. "FaithRinggold'sPicasso'sStudio" ©1998byTheRegentsof DanCuCraatmoer:ron b19y96A,nTnhGeibUsnoinv.erCsoiptyyroifghCthi©cago theUniversityofCalifornia ExhibitionSupervision: Press.Reprintedbypermission JohnHatfield ofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-m-PublicationData ExhibitionCoordinator: IPnsrtMoaegTllrloaaatmmnisioneBCrCoFooorormardlndikeinnlayatitonorr:: JM"1oi9Tn9che7ehs,e,FlMrMeeincoWchahmelllmCoaeylclWeea.cFltailCyoa,oncp:aeyn.MrdiogMmhetm"a©by DanAc.cro.itl.n.leg[Necttaeitaowlt.n]hYae;ontrLdhkoe.uovtNrheeerw:sFMtaoiurtsyheqRuuiinmlgtgsoofl/CdD'oasnntFerCmeanpmcoehrraorny RainaLampkins-Fielder MelanieToFurranMkalniang.eJmoehnnt:Hatfield "FaQiutihltRiSntogrgioelsd:.ACoSpelyercitgihotn"©by AkrpCo.antaAlrotgMoucfmsa.enuemxhaibnidtifoivnetootbheerhmeludseatutmhse CATALOG 1991,1997,FaithRinggold. betweenJan.24.1998andOctoberI Includesbibliographicreferencesandindex. DanEdCiatomre:ron CfrhormonWoeloFglyewfoorveFraitthheBRriindgggeobldy IISSBBNN00--520-21429-3(alk.pa| TiSmevYeDoneMhstePnierClgeoaoanjnnepntc&iydhteEDSSPdiFtruirrroteeaedocenurtHstckoe:trlSi:iiotnnnu:edimoasnn FboafyiLtFihattiRlteih,ngRBgironolgdgw.onlCdao.npdByyrCiopgmehrptmai©nsys1.i9o9n5 NYAIII.oKm.re9RNkri1.^eni9g'wNc8g0Ya.oM.n9lR)ud25q.s6—uIieFAIdIla4cu.ti2mAs1tk—ho1rE—fx9oEh9Cnxi8ohbAinirbtttiietoMminopusn.ossre.Iau.rm2Cy..aAmAfenrroo-n,Dan. PROJECT SPONSORS CIP ^ PrintedinCanada AT&T 9 8 7^ AnJdoyhnWaSR.rihaconhldarFJdoaumFneldosarLts.ihoeKninmifgoAhrrttthFFeouuVnniddsauatlioAnrts TmhuemparpeeqruiurseemdenitnsthoifsApmu—ebrliiccaatnioNnatmieoentasltShteancdard forInformationSciences PermanenceofPaperfor PrintedLibraryMateria I Contents ExhibitionTour '< SELECTED WORKS BY FAITH RINC Acknowledgments QuiltStories:ASelciI Foreword 1 hronologyforFaithFlinggold Introduction: • Exhibitions FaithRinggold'sFrenchConnection SelectedBibliography LivingHistory: Contributors FaithRinggold'sRendezvous withtheTwentiethCentury LenderstotheExhibition Index TheFrenchCollection: MommaJones,MommyFay,andMe TheCastrationofMemphisCooly: Race,Gender,andNationalistIconography intheFlagArtofFaithRinggold FaithRinggold"sJourney: FromGreekBuststoAfrican AmericanDilemmaTales OfCottonandSunflowerFields: TheMakingsofTheFrenchand 'lection FaithRinggold's 1 Acknowledgments BECAUSE FAITH RINGGOLD'S contributionto theexhibition.Theopportunitytocopublishthecatalog Americanartissobroadlybased,oneofthemostfrequent withtheUniversityofCaliforniaPresshasprovidedthe occurrencesinorganizinganexhibitionofherworkisthe NewMuseumwithanopportunitytoreachfarn. startlingrecognitionthatherinfluenceandthetraceofher ersthanwouldhavebeenpossibleotherwise.Wearepar- ideascanbefoundpracticallyeverywhere.Fromstory- ticularlygratefultoitsdirector,Jan.' .1his tellertofeminist,fromhistoricalrevisionisttopan effortsinmakingithappen.Inthisspirit,v. showsthatcreativeexpressionismeaninglessunlessitis liketoextendourdeepestthankstothecatalogaul accompaniedbyajourneydeepintotheself,andherstory theirinsightsintoFaithRinggold'sworkandtheir quiltsstandascolorfulproofthatnopartoflifeistooper- acceptanceofthetightdeadlines. sonalorpolitical,tootrivialorfantastic,tobecometrans- MycolleaguesattheNewMuseumhav< formedintoaninspiringworkofart.Forthisreason,the Iarlyunstintingintheirsupportoftl NewMuseum'sgreatestdebtofthanksisowedtoFaith inception,andIwouldespeciallyliki I Ringgoldherself,forbothherendlesslyinspiringoeuvre Tucker,thedirector;CharlayneHaynes,themanaging andhergeneroustemperament. director;andDennisSzakacs,thedirectorofplan: Thisexhibitioncouldnothavetakenplacewithoutthe development,fortheirinvaluableguidanceanda consideratesupportofthosefoundationswhichhavecho- tion.MelanieFranklin,thecuratorialadmr sentorecognizecontemporaryartasthefieldwheresome oncemoreproven,thistimethroughthecx| ofthemostlastingachievementsofthehumanspiritpre- tionofboththetourandthecatalogprodi. I vail.ThesepatronsincludetheAT&TFoundation,the energyandorganizationalskillsare JohnS.andJamesL.KnightFoundation,theRichardFlor- thesuch sheimArtFund,andtheAndyWarholFoundationforthe andmeticulousnessofJohn1 VisualArts.Wearealsoindebtedtothosemuseumsand tor,inarrangingloansandb. individuallenderstotheNewMuseumwhohavegra- chandisingpla: ciouslypartedwithcherishedtreasurestohelpmakethis projectasuccess.Althoughtheselendersarelistedelse- where,certainindividualswhohelpedarrangetheloans deservespecialthanks:JeffreyBergenofACAC:i MadelineMurphyRaab.andJudithStein. TheNewMuseumishonoredtobecollaboratingwith severalmajorU.S.artmuseumson:: theLouvre,"andwewanttoexpressoura| thedirectorsoftheseinstitutions,a curators,andotherstaffmen I THERE ARE SO MANY peopletothankforthiscatalog, andIamenormouslydelighted,eventhoughIwillnow theaccompanyingexhibition,andallthegoodthingsthat needahattwosizeslargerormore. havecometomeatthissweettimeofmylife.Icannot Mydealers,Sydney,Jeff,andDorianBergen,arejust begintothankeveryone,soIwilljustmentionthosewho whatallartistsneedtofacetheworld.Makaela,Conner, aredirecdyinvolvedwiththiswonderfulbookandtheexhi- Julie,Michael,andalltheothersattheACAGalleriescould bitionofmyworkcuratedbyDanCameronattheNew notbemorehelpfultome.Mymanycollectors,both Museum.Thankyou.Thankyou.Thankyou.Allofyou. publicandprivate,whohaveunselfishlyagreedtoloan Nowtomakesomeveryspecialremarksaboutsome piecesforthistwo-yeartravelingshow,aretobeespecially veryspecialpeople.WhenIfirstmetMarciaTucker,I thanked.I'mgladtheylikemyworkandwillmisshaving neverdreamedthatsometwenty-sevenyearslatershe itaround.Myquiltersassistants,ConnieHaile,Leanne wouldbethedirectoroftheNewMuseum,oneofthe Pierce,andSandiBraccey,whodidsuchagoodjobofcom- mostinnovativecontemporaryfineartmuseumsinAmer- pletingthehand-quiltingonthecurrentAim ica,andthatIwouldbehavingashowthere.Andwhen "savedmylife"—ifyouknowwhatImean. DanCameronfirsttoldmeabouttheproposedshowof Lookingback,ImustthankDeniseMummandGail myworkattheNewMuseumIwashardlypreparedfor Liebig,goodfriendswhoworkedwithmeonThe. thein-depthtreatmentmyworkwouldreceiveandthe Collection.AndMelanieFranklinoftheNewMuseum,who exhibition'sexcitingtravelitinerarytootherartmuseums keptourcommunicationontextsandpicturesmoving acucrraotsosrtsh—eMcoouinrtaryR.otDhi,stminygudiasuhgehdtearrtMhiicshtoerlieanWsa,lclraictiec,s,and boenautthiefuclalsye.eAvnedryGrstaecpeoWfeltthey.wamyy,afsrsiosmtatnhte,wbehgoinhnaisngbetoen TPhoawellila,GDouamna-CPaemteerrosno,n,anAdnMnaGricbisaoTnu,cPkaetrr—ickhaHivlel,wRriictkten atlhl.emenyd,daarnldinhgahsunsebvaenrd.miBsusreddetatebeRaitn.gAgonldd,lawsth,obuhtelfiprsstmoef generouslyandbrilliantlyaboutmyworkforthisbook, alwaysandhindersmenever. FAITH RINGGOLD