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Henry Tanner- His Boyhood Dream Comes True.jpg
Ringgold’s narrative screen-print, or serigraph, centers on the life of the celebrated African-American painter, Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937). While the text surrounding the central image provides a straight-forward account of a moment in Tanner’s…

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Hoo Doo 19_Front.jpg
This double-sided work exemplifies both Saar’s assemblage practice and her interest in the mystical. Her title references Hoodoo, a syncretic belief system (synthesis of varying religions) practiced by the African Diaspora in the southern U.S. On one…

Ringgold, Jazz Stories_Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow 2_Come On and Dance with Me, 2004.jpeg
Faith Ringgold’s Jazz Stories quilt series spotlights women musicians and in Come On and Dance with Me, the high-spirited singer embodies the lyrics with passion and joy. Across her imagery Ringgold centers the importance of African diasporic…
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