{"product_id":"dancing-at-the-louvre-9780520921221","title":"Dancing at the Louvre","description":"\"My process is designed to give us 'colored folk' and women a taste of the American dream straight up. Since the facts don't do that too often, I decided to make it up. . . . That is the real power and joy of being an artist. We can make it come true. Or look true.\"—Faith Ringgold, in a 1992 interview\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis catalog is the first book-length publication devoted to the exquisite story quilts of contemporary artist Faith Ringgold. Combining painted images, handwritten texts, and quilting techniques, Ringgold weaves together modernist painting; feminist critique; postmodernist strategies of appropriation, parody, and montage; and personal memoir in a remarkable synthesis that takes on European modernism, African American folk art, and the \"black aesthetic\" of the 1960s and 1970s. The catalog accompanies an exhibition of \u003ci\u003eThe French Collection\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of story quilts Ringgold has produced since 1990. Catalog essays include an examination of Ringgold's stylistic development through the 1960s and 1970s, an exploration of the social and political aspects of the story quilts, and a recollection by the artist's daughter, writer Michele Wallace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRinggold has adapted the tradition of the American slave quilt to create a world in which African Americans and women dominate, where history is not only questioned but also reinvented. The titles of the quilts in Ringgold's \u003ci\u003eFrench Collection\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Collection\u003c\/i\u003e suggest her subject range and daring: \u003ci\u003eJo Baker's Birthday Party\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDinner at Gertrude Stein's\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of Aunt Jemima\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTubman, Douglass, and Truth: Wanted Dead or Alive\u003c\/i\u003e are examples. Faith Ringgold's broad audience of admirers (her books for children have won Caldecott and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e book illustration honors) will welcome \u003ci\u003eDancing at the Louvre\u003c\/i\u003e. Finally there is a book that displays her artistic achievements and provides a full discussion of her importance within contemporary art.","brand":"Dan Cameron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48200788017403,"sku":"9780520921221","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/dancing-at-the-louvre-9780520921221","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}