Andrea Barnwell Brownlee

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Acclaimed Artist Faith Ringgold’s Politically Charged 1960s Paintings to be Presented at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Released: February 6, 2012

Although Faith Ringgold is best known as the originator of the African-American story quilt revival that began in the 1970s, it is her pointed political paintings of the 1960s that are the focus of “American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s,” on view at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art from Feb. 2 through May 19, 2012. This is Faith Ringgold’s first solo exhibition in Atlanta since the High Museum presented the nationally-touring exhibition, “Faith Ringgold: A Twenty-Five Year Survey” in 1990. The Ringgold exhibition is in keeping with the Spelman College...