2. For this assignment, I have chosen a painting created by Bisa Butler titled Four Little Girls. Bisa Butler is a well-known contemporary artist who creates art paintings on quilts. Her art pieces often resonate with black heritage, identity, and history. Using quilts consisting of very attractive designs and colorful patterns, Butler brings awareness to Black culture and history by telling stories through her art, using creativity as an outlet. Furthermore, using quilts to display paintings is a unique art style that has and is still being adopted by several other prominent African American artists. Four Little Girls painting (quilt art piece) was painted by Butler in 2020 using cotton, lace, and silk. The painting depicts the images of four beautiful young African American girls. Unfortunately, this artwork represents a much deeper, darker cause. The Four Little Girls painting serves as a memorial and tribute to the four young African American girls that lost …show more content…
She makes use of colorful fabrics and used this art piece to indicate the correlation to the Civil Rights movement. 3 Although, the art painting was created in the year 2020, the events related to the art took place in 1963. During this time, the Civil Rights Movement was taking place, and the social climate in America was characterized by persistent racial injustice, racial discrimination, racial disparity, and racial inequality. Many African Americans faced racism in several ways concerning employment opportunities, housing, and education during that period. However, creating awareness of the injustices experienced by African Americans, the Civil Rights Movement was instrumental in bringing civil rights legislation to completion and promoting a more inclusive society in