ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
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| Bisa Butler's tribute to the four little black girls killed in a 1963 bombing of a black church |
We hung out with “Isabella Rossellini” this weekend for two super-charged art fairs in Chicago, the Expo Chicago, and The Other Art Fair. The later was intimate and energetic, and after a group of actors playfully crowned our artistic niece Tamara Smoot as “Isabella Rossellini," she met and chatted with dozens of artists like MFA’s
Lauren Zoll and
Ramone Royce. It was great fun, while across town, the gallerists at Expo Chicago were conducting the serious business of closing deals. We saw work by old favorites with pricing ranging from $7,500 to $50,000. However, our new favorite is the fiber art by
Bisa Butler, and that makes her homage to the four girls killed in the
1963 bombing of a black church, our art of the week.
Are you an artist? Are you a collector? If you like what you see each week, please invite a friend to subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter. You can also follow us weekly on Twitter, Facebook, or Soundcloud but only subscribers can vote for the Alpha Omega Prize. It is our annual recognition each November 1st of one artist's impact on religious dialogue in America.
Are you an artist? Are you a collector? If you like what you see each week, please invite a friend to subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter. You can also follow us weekly on Twitter, Facebook, or Soundcloud but only subscribers can vote for the Alpha Omega Prize. It is our annual recognition each November 1st of one artist's impact on religious dialogue in America.
