Bisa Butler's magnificent portrait quilts are on exhibit at the Art Institute.  Wow. Wow. Wow.  Here is AIC website.  They're large -- 6 x 8 feet or so. 




Butler bases her portraits on photographs. 




These are the girls who died in the Birmingham Church bombing in 1963.












The corridor between galleries was wallpapered.



The exhibit catalog was sold out at the museum store.  They said to log into the shop website to see when they restock.  I contented myself with a packet of postcards. Okay, two packets. :)




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