Newark, New Jersey — Bisa Butler’s artwork has a way of stopping people in their tracks. Her life-size portraits look like they’re from the strokes of a painter’s brush — but Butler is a quilt maker, weaving fabrics of all kinds into celebrations of Black life in America.
“I always want my portraits to be life-sized, to look the person in the eye, and to grab them, like, despite whatever it is you think of me, you’re gonna recognise me as a human being.
Butler said she is often inspired by historical photos, including a 1940 photo of a North Carolina family fleeing the Jim Crow South. In seven months, she transformed their story onto fabric.
Conclusion
This is a remarkable feat of ingenuity by an extremely talented and gifted lady. Bisa brings life to photos that makes her amongst some unique achievers in the world, and in particular in the world of Art.
Editor’s Note
It is absolutely great to see such art and to know that it is from a black artist in the contrasting and conflicting world that we live in today. Bias’s work should be advertised as an international phenomenon, and publicises to all education institutions, globally.
Source: CBS Evening News
