The Picasso Museum in Paris is honoring the committed paintings of the African-American artist Faith Ringgold.
Until July 2, 2023, the Picasso Museum honors the African-American artist Faith Ringgold, 92 years old. On the occasion of this first retrospective in France, the public will be able to discover the committed paintings of Ringgold, very inspired by the fight for Civil Rights. The exhibition features major works by the artist and was produced with the support of the New York Institute. The opportunity to find the series of portraits Black Light, where the dark faces mingle with the blue color, Ringgold’s fetish. The choice of Picasso Museum is not trivial, the painter having never hidden the influence of the artist on his work.
A committed artist
Born in the New York Harlem of the 1930s, Faith Ringgold draws her inspiration from the social, historical and political context of her time. Inspired by Picasso, Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec, she develops a unique style of painting, where contrast is king. She will continue to transpose her revolutionary vision of Black Power into an unprecedented approach to the theory of colors and techniques, through a biographical form close to autofiction.
In the 1970s, she began to support the feminist and pan-Africanist movements by making typographic posters, then illustrated children’s books in the 1990s. A rich career, where Faith Ringgold would use her canvases, but also fabric, to report struggles of his time. In 1997, she received two honorary doctorates, one in Education from Wheelock College in Boston, and the second in Philosophy from Molloy College in New York.
The Picasso Museum also hosts an exhibition on Pierre Moignardtitled Pierre Moignard: True Lievisible until April 2, 2023.