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It was also a way of storytelling, both in the imagery of the quilt itself and during the hours the women spent together sewing. Ringgold devised a way of transcribing the quilt into painting. In the 1990s she began to make 'painted quilts'. These subvert and challenge the cultural hegemony of European and white artistic activity, as represented by the paintings in the Louvre in Paris.\r\n\r\nThis print is based on one of these paintings, by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. A group of African American women who helped to change the face of black history in the USA take over the pictorial space, while the famous European artist, standing in the background, serves to remind them of their tormentors. Van Gogh's psychological illness serves as a paradigm for the sickness of the whole white culture. 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Willa Marie Simone    Madam Walker   Sojourner Truth   Ida Wells   Fannie Lou Hammer   Harriet Tubman   Rosa Parks   Mary McLeod Bethune   Ella Baker   Faith Ringgold (c) 1996    The sunflower quilters society of America Mar. 22 1922 An international symbol of our dedication to change the world.  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