Wednesday, June 08, 2022

American art



One of the pleasures of summer is catching up on exhibitions. I was lucky to see the "Faith Ringgold: American People" show at the New Museum, a few days before it closed. And today I saw the largely overlooked exhibition "Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe" at the National Museum of the American Indian. Much of interest and beauty in both, even thangkas by Ringgold and abstractions by Howe!
Ringgold, American People Series #18: The Flag is Bleeding (1967); Howe, Fleeing a Massacre (1969); Ringgold, Feminist Series #6: There Was One of Two Things (1972); Howe, Rider (1968); Ringgold, Black Light Series #12: Party Time (1969); Howe, Ghost Dancer (1963); Ringgold, Woman on a Bridge #1 of 5: Tar Beach (1988); Howe, Meditation (1968)