![]() ![]() ![]() One of the many highlights of this retrospective was the reunion of works across the numerous series produced over the course of several decades. Ringgold’s integration of sewn fabrics and quilting practices combined with her fearless choice of subject matter and embrace of non-Western artistic traditions created possibilities for the artist to determine her own path. Regardless, Ringgold’s career continued to progress in and around the mainstream art world, for the artist was unafraid to speak out publicly and take risks in the studio. Ringgold was denied membership to the Spiral group, of which Emma Amos was the only female artist invited to join this reputable group of Black male artists. However, access to her peers was not always a guarantee. However, her involvement with and founding of different groups with slightly different agendas created opportunities for Ringgold to speak out across multiple platforms. Soon after this exhibition opened, Ringgold, Toche, and Hendricks, also known as the “Judson Three,” were arrested and convicted of using the American flag in an uncomplimentary manner, for which the charges were eventually dropped.Īs a Black woman artist at the intersection of two groundbreaking political movements, Ringgold was acutely aware that her particular concerns and conditions were not being adequately addressed by her white female and Black male counterparts. The New Museum had devoted a gallery space to this period of activism with correspondence, posters, photographs – some showing Ringgold with her teenage daughters at various protests – and other materials related to The People’s Flag Show, co-organized with Jean Toche and Jon Hendricks in 1970 at the Judson Memorial Church in New York. She was co-founder of several groups including the Art Workers’ Coalition (AWC), Where We At, and Women Students and Artists for Black Art Liberation (WSABAL).įurthermore, Ringgold was a member of the Ad Hoc Women Artists’ Committee and led protests against the underrepresentation of women and Black artists at art institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art. In the interim, she married her second husband, Burdett Ringgold, and became an active participant in the Civil Rights and Feminist Art Movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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