Nobody Will Ever Love You Like I Do

Title

Nobody Will Ever Love You Like I Do

Description

Brilliant blue, seductive red, and radiant yellow surround a singer and her jazz band in a vibrant space full of energy and motion. Inspired by a childhood immersed in the social and cultural life of the Harlem Renaissance, Ringgold has always been influenced by music and deeply engaged with the extended jazz community. The title of this work alludes to the emotional, soulful qualities expressed in jazz, and Ringgold composed accompanying song lyrics to accentuate the feelings within the image narrative. Screen-printed in nine separate colors, this print originates from the artist’s Jazz Stories quilt series. A border along the image’s edge nods to its roots in quilt and Ringgold’s iconic use of the craft as a storytelling medium.

Lyrics for all of Ringgold’s jazz series can be found in the Faith Ringgold Study Room. Appointments by request.

Creator

Faith Ringgold

Date

2006

Format

Serigraph

Provenance

David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection,
Gift from Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection

Files

Nobody Will Ever Love You Like I Do.jpeg

Citation

Faith Ringgold, “Nobody Will Ever Love You Like I Do,” Ringgold | Saar: Meeting on the Matrix, accessed December 24, 2024, https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/items/show/35.