Artist Bisa Butler on creating new narratives through "portrait quilts" 07:08 Artist Bisa Butler has been called a modern-day Griot. But instead of using words to tell stories, she uses stitches ...

Inspired by iconic black and white photos, Bisa Butler has created life-size portraits of African Americans in quilts that explode with color. The exhibit is on display at Chicago's Art Institute.

Bisa Butler is an American artist who was born in 1973. How much does a Bisa Butler cost? Bisa Butler's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5,500 USD to ...

Artist Bisa Butler, right, and curator Dr. Erica Warren pose for a photograph in front of Butler's work, "Southside Sunday Morning," at the Art Institute Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Chicago.

Bisa Butler Is Looking Backward, Moving Forward and Never Giving Up Observer caught up with the artist, whose kaleidoscopic quilted portraiture is set to star in three upcoming museum shows.

“Bisa Butler: Portraits,” which was co-organized by the Katonah (N.Y.) Museum of Art, has been extended through Sept. 6 after having been closed for several months along with the rest of Art ...

Bisa Butler, The Safety Patrol (2018). Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cavigga Family Trust Fund, and the artist. You were a high school art teacher for many years.

Fabric Artist Bisa Butler's Technicolor Quilts Celebrate Black Lives The artist's life-size images explode with color and are inspired by iconic black and white photos. Her work is on display at ...

Bisa Butler, I Am Not Your Negro, 2019.Cotton, wool and chiffon, quilted and appliquéd. 79 x 60 in. Courtesy of the Claire Oliver Gallery, New York Not much is known about the black man ...

New Jersey artist Bisa Butler highlights African-American experience through quilt-making 02:33. NEWARK, N.J. -- As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, CBS2's Maurice DuBois met Bisa ...

Bisa Butler’s quilted portraits are redefining what is accepted and excepted within the walls of art museums. Butler‘s unmistakable visuals forever obliterate any notion of quilting merely as ...

Black American textile artist Bisa Butler has taken the art of quilting to the next level, bringing the genre from the blankets your granny used to make to an art that only the ancestors could ...