Talk:Bisa Butler

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Fine arts?

I appreciate the citation work, but "Although quilting has long been considered a craft, her interdisciplinary methods -- which create quilts that look like paintings -- have catapulted quilting into the field of fine art." -- is it appropriate to view representational portraiture as fine art when the work of non-representational quilters such as the Gee's Bend collective has also been considered fine art? Their quilts have hung on museum walls around the world as art works, not as craft works. The articles from more mainstream media about her exhibits that are cited probably lack the background to make this assertion. It seems like a disservice to other Black quilters. There has to be a way to write about her work as the striking and transformative approach that it is while not saying she's the first to do fine art. Ruthbrarian (talk) 00:09, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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List of exhibitions

I've removed the list of exhibitions per MOS:ART#Exhibitions but am preserving them here in case anyone would like to use it for future research.

Solo exhibitions

Essex County College, Newark, NJ - 2003
Essex County College, Newark, NJ - 2004
Organic Soul, NJ - 2006
Home of Lonnie Austin show, solo exhibit - 2008
Astahs Fine Art Gallery, Maplewood, NJ - 2008
Quilt Me A Story, Bloomfield College, NJ - 2008
Morristown Courthouse, Morristown, NJ - 2015
Hearne fine art, Faces in Man Places - 2015
NEWARK Academy, Livingston, NJ - 2015
Domareki Gallery, Maplewood, NJ - 2015
Firehouse Gallery, Valley Arts, Orange, NJ - 2015
Richard Beavers Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2016
The Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS - 2017
"The Storm, The Whirlwind & The Earthquake" Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY - 2020"Bisa Butler: The Storm, the Whirlwind and the Earthquake". Claire Oliver Gallery. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
Bisa Butler, Katonah Museum of Art, NY - 2020"Katonah Museum of Art to Present the First Museum Exhibition of Artist Bisa Butler | ArtsWestchester". 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
Bisa Butler, Art Institute of Chicago, IL - 2020 - 2021"Bisa Butler: Portraits". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, NY - 2023-2023 "Upcoming Exhibitions". bisa butler art. Retrieved 2023-06-07.

Vegantics (talk) 16:16, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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New genre?

The text asserting that the artist “has created a new genre of quilting” should probably be revised. This genre of quilting has been explored extensively by other quilt artists including Susan Carlson and Ruth McDowell. ~2025-32162-39 (talk) 15:50, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]