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American People Series #20: Die
(1967), Faith’s path has been cou-
rageous, profound, and unflinch-
ing in its depiction of contempo-
rary society. Along the way, Faith
created a global legacy with her
beloved children’s books, includ-
ing the award-winning favorite Tar
Beach. A creative force and artis-
tic visionary, she has been making
breakthroughs for more than six
decades, something very clearly
exhibited in two retrospectives of
her art this past year—at the Glen-
stone Museum’s groundbreaking
presentation of the Serpentine-
organized survey and at the New
Museum’s showcase. It is with
great joy that I reflect on the Stu-
dio Museum in Harlem’s seminal
1984 exhibition “Faith Ringgold:
Twenty Years of Painting, Sculp-
ture, and Performance 1963–
1983,” and consider all that Faith
has accomplished in the nearly
four decades since. The art world
is only just now catching up with
Faith Ringgold.
Golden is the director and chief
curator of the Studio Museum
in Harlem
