women on a bridge

Artist: Faith Ringgold

This is a quilt by Faith Ringgold and in this quilt she brings together many different things. I remember us talking about her quilting and how it brought together self portraiture, narrative, and her growing up in Harlem and i felt like this quilt did the same for me which is why i picked it. I think this quilt tells her story and since one of the very popular bridges is scene in this quilt it is obvious that she loved to portray home. I think above everything else the bridge has significance and definetely stands out. I also thought it was interesting that there is a guy standing on top of a building and also what seems like angels flying around. What also stood out to me was the family sitting at the table together at the bottom of the quilt this could represent that family was very important to her as well. I liked this quilt a lot because it had a homey feel to it and you can tell that she is trying to tell her story and portray it in a certain way so that certain things are brought to the audiences attention. As i read more about this quilt i believe it is the one we were talking about in class Tar Beach and the women flying over the George Washington bridge represents women being free and symbolizes potential and they take their liberation by confronting the the huge masculine icon being the bridge.