Faith Ringgold is on of the Highlights at Art Basel Unlimited 2024

Faith Ringgold, The Wake and Resurrection of Bicentennial Negro (1976)

Faith Ringgold’s first multimedia performance will be reenacted in a presentation by Goodman Gallery in collaboration with ACA Galleries. Ringgold conceived of The Wake and Resurrection of Bicentennial Negro in response to the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

‘This was a wake not a celebration,’ she said. ‘I wanted to create a visual narrative of the dynamics of racism, including the self-imposed oppression of drug addiction.’

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