Art Institute Offers 'Brilliantly Complex And Emotive' Bisa Butler Exhibit - Chicago, IL - "Butler's works are brilliant in color, in context and in person, when you're standing in front of them," Third Coast Review reports.
Take me home
For real change to occur, it must come from the people. Jae Jarrell, female artist, fashion designer and co-founder of the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AFRICOBRA), rebuffed political revolt, instead seeking to shape and empower Black communities through artistic expression. Jarrell is most famous for her politically charged suits, including the renowned 1970 “Revolutionary Suit,” which had an ammunition belt sewn into the jacket. The tweed two-piece notably had to have an A-line skirt so that “women could march.” Never undervalue artistic expression as a powerful and necessary people’s tool for change.
by Ioki (Aoki) Pink Butler, Los Angeles native of the Crenshaw District