She grouped her quilts into series that told a larger narrative. Throughout the rest of her career, Faith made over 25 story quilts. Finally, she assembled the fabric into a quilt and hand-sewed the entire thing. Faith used acrylic paint to decorate 56 individual squares of fabric, then embroidered details and sewed the squares together. Faith used portraits to show the various aspects of Jemima Blakely’s personality and career, as well as handwritten text that told her story.įaith drew upon all her previous art work while designing and making Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima? The quilt itself was constructed as a checkerboard, a fairly traditional quilt design. She counteracted the negative stereotype of the Black “mammy” who was happy merely being the caretaker of white children. Through it, Faith told an alternate story of Aunt Jemima and portrayed her as a successful businesswoman. Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima? challenged society’s views of African American women. Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima?, Faith Ringgold, 1983
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