Research Catalog

Title

Bisa Butler : portraits / edited by Erica Warren ; contributions by Bisa Butler, Jordan Carter, Isabella Ko, Erica Warren, Michèle Wije.

Publication

• Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2021]
• New Haven, CT : Yale University Press
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Warren, Erica, 1982-
• Carter, Jordan
• Ko, Isabella, 1997-
• Wije, Michele
• Butler, Bisa, 1973-
• Art Institute of Chicago, organizer, host institution
• Katonah Museum of Art, organizer, host institution

Description

95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

Bisa Butler (b. 1975) is an American artist who creates arresting and psychologically nuanced portraits composed entirely of vibrantly colored and patterned fabrics that she cuts, layers, and stitches together. Often depicting scenes from African American life and history, Butler invites viewers to invest in the lives of the people she represents while simultaneously expanding art-historical narratives about American quiltmaking. Situating her interdisciplinary work within the broader history of textiles, photography, and contemporary art, contributions by a group of scholars--and entries by the artist herself--illuminate Butler's approach to color, use of African-print fabrics, and wide-ranging sources of inspiration. The first monograph on one of America's most innovative contemporary artists, this volume will serve as a primary resource that both introduces Butler's work and establishes a scholarly foundation for future research. Exhibition: Art Institute of Chicago, USA (14.11.2020 - 18.04.2021).

Subject

• Butler, Bisa, 1973- > Exhibitions
• African Americans in art > Exhibitions
• African Americans > Portraits > Exhibitions
• Portraits on quilts > Exhibitions
• Art quilts > Exhibitions
• Portraits on quilts
• Art quilts
• African Americans
• African Americans in art

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibitions (note)

• "Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 14, 2020, to April 19, 2021. The exhibition was co-organized with the Katonah Museum of Art, where it was on view from March 15 to October 4, 2020"--Title page verso.

Contents

Rearranging memory : Bisa Butler's portraits and the discourse of art history / Erica Warren -- Photography and quiltmaking transformed : a new approach to portraiture / Michèle Wije -- Fabulating blackness : Bisa Butler's fluorescence and Faith Ringgold's black light / Jordan Carter -- Catalogue entries / Bisa Butler, Jordan Carter, Isabella Ko, Erica Warren, Michèle Wije.

Call Number

Sc G 21-54

ISBN

• 9780300254310
• 0300254318

LCCN

2020938040

OCLC

1202532761

Title

Bisa Butler : portraits / edited by Erica Warren ; contributions by Bisa Butler, Jordan Carter, Isabella Ko, Erica Warren, Michèle Wije.

Publisher

Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2021]

Distributor

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exhibitions

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 14, 2020, to April 19, 2021. The exhibition was co-organized with the Katonah Museum of Art, where it was on view from March 15 to October 4, 2020"--Title page verso.

Added Author

Warren, Erica, 1982- editor, contributor.

Carter, Jordan, contributor.

Ko, Isabella, 1997- contributor.

Wije, Michele, contributor.

Container of (work): Butler, Bisa, 1973- Works. Selections.

Art Institute of Chicago, organizer, host institution.

Katonah Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc G 21-54