Ringgold’s powerful image hangs in front of a more conventional view of the statue from a 19th century advertising poster, possibly for soap, said Claire Pingel, the museum’s chief registrar and associate curator. The proximity of the various works creates a “dialogue,” museum curators said.įor instance, a copy of Faith Ringgold’s “We Came to America” (the original is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) depicts Africans swimming toward a Black Statue of Liberty as a ship burns in the background. Juxtaposing Horowitz’s work with objects from the museum’s core collection, the exhibit is scattered across four floors.