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Announcement: Faith Ringgold exhibit in Madison, Wisconsin

From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 11:54:35 -0500

The story quilt series "Dancing at the Louvre" created by Faith Ringgold will be exhibited at the Madison Art Center between now and August 20: http://www.madisonartcenter.org/ringgold.htm Faith Ringgold is the creator of highly acclaimed children's books, including "Tar Beach" and "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky."

The Madison Art Center is located at 211 State Street in the Civic Center less than two blocks from the State Capitol. Phone 608%758 with questions. See the location of the Art Center and of nearby parking ramps: http://www.visitmadison.com/citymap-large.jpg

Summarized from Madison Art Center information: The story quilts have been selected from two series,The French Collection and the American Collection. In each, Ringgold blends historical and autobiographical narratives, uniting traditional storytelling with contemporary art theory. The quilts in this exhibition chronicle the lives of two fictional characters: Willia Marie Simone, an African American artist and model who lived in Paris during the 1920s, and her daughter Marlena Truth Simone, an artist living in America. By positioning ...
[them] at the center of artistic production during the peak years of the modern era, both series critique the canonical approach of art history and celebrate the culture and values of those marginalized by Eurocentric views.

Ringgold's story quilt "Tar Beach" was the basis for an award-winning picture book of the same name published in 1991. She has gone on to write and illustrate several picture books for children.
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