Faith Ringgold's Quilts Analysis

Faith Ringgold is a famous African American artist who is known for contributing majority of her paintings to the African American Society. Overall, she is known for her painted story quilts. The quilts were used as message boards for the Underground Railroad to help slaves find their way to the north. As time went by, Faith’s quilts contributed towards different stories and themes. Ringgold utilized the use of sewing and stitching techniques to create different pieces of fabric into forming a story quilt.

Quilting is a form of art. Personally, viewers may not have thought of quilts as a form of art. However, after viewing the videos and slides over Faith Ringgold's story, it might change the viewers perspective. Each quilt comprises of a square pattern which creates a block consisting of a message or image. The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles is portrayed as a life like setting. The quilt is comprised of eight African American women surround by sunflowers holding onto a quilt that is also comprised of sunflowers. The first thought that may come to a viewers mind is how much color is exceeded within this painting. The sunflower’s colors consist of yellow, brown, and black. The houses in the background are different colors such as yellow, green, and red. The shapes of the flowers are circular, which contradicts the shaping from the buildings. This piece of artwork consists of bold colors …show more content…
Dancing at the Louvre is a contemporary piece of artwork that tells a story about a African American mother and her four daughters dancing in front of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting. In comparison, Ringgold used fabric to make the quilt, then applied acrylic paint to create her story. Ringgold applied more neutral colors such as red and brown within this