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Windows of the Wedding #15: Friends

Faith Ringgold
Windows of the Wedding #15: Friends, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
Work: 203.2 x 91.4 cm

In 1974 Ringgold created the Windows of the Wedding series, her first completely abstract paintings. Each of the works were originally conceived of as a backdrop for a series of fantasy wedding doll couples, part of the artist’s ongoing series of doll soft sculptures. For Ringgold these couples represented ideal relationships and perfect weddings, an example she hoped to set for her two daughters. The paintings feature a visual language she invented based on Kuba designs from Central Africa. Each work in the series is intended to be a kind of hanging prayer rug for the couples to meditate with every morning and evening, giving them magic protection - and, above all, happiness.