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- The Genius Behind Bisa Butlers Vibrant Quilts - Smithsonian Magazine
By 2021, Butler’s large quilted portrait, I Go to Prepare a Place for You, was hanging in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Made entirely out of
- About Bisa Butler
Bisa Butler is an award winning African American textile artist She is known for her vibrantly stunning larger than life sized quilted portraits that captivate viewers around the world Bisa Butler was born in Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of a college president and a French teacher
- Bisa Butler | Biography, Art, Quilts, Art Institute, Facts - Britannica
Bisa Butler is an American fiber artist whose vivid, life-size quilted portraits of Black individuals reimagine the medium and the genre Working from contemporary and historical photographs, Butler recreates the scenes, animating the subjects using unique blends of colorful, patterned, and textured fabrics
- Bisa Butler - Wikipedia
Bisa Butler (born Mailissa Yamba Butler in 1973) is an American fiber artist who has created a new genre of quilting that has transformed the medium [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Although quilting has long been considered a craft, her interdisciplinary methods—which create quilts that look like paintings—have catapulted quilting into the field
- Bisa Butler: Portraits - The Art Institute of Chicago
Bisa Butler’s portrait quilts vividly capture personal and historical narratives of Black life She strategically uses textiles—a traditionally marginalized medium—to interrogate the historical marginalization of her subjects while using scale and subtle detail to convey her subjects’ complex individuality
- How I Made This: Bisa Butler’s Quilt Portraits - ARTnews. com
Bisa Butler creates vibrant, life-size quilt portraits of Black Americans The unique process by which she translates photographs into luminous, pieced-cloth images is a synthesis of her
- Meet a Fabulous Fiber Artist: Bisa Butler - Suzy Quilts
Bisa Butler is an American fiber artist who makes life-sized quilt portraits retelling African American history through fabric and texture
- THE ART OF THE QUILT - Love Quilt Project
Bisa Butler’s intricate portrait quilts are truly founded on love A love of youth, family, community, and black history She brings to life the famous and the anonymous by translating black white photographs into dazzling, colorful applique art pieces
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