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In Jo Baker’s Birthday, Faith Ringgold depicts Josephine Baker, a 20th century multidisciplinary artist and activist whose life and experiences Ringgold deeply identifies with. Baker poses semi-nude, gazing back at the viewer self-confidently, secure…

Saar’s gestural print of a girl jumping rope escapes the charm typically associated with childhood play, instead infusing the scene with the vigor of the child’s rapid movement. The smudges of ink at the girl’s feet evoke dust kicked up by the rope…