This article is a selection from the July/August 2023 issue of Smithsonian magazine Subscribe Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine now for just $15 The gold, orange and green in her skirt suggest her African heritage. ![]() The background of sunflowers symbolizes the constancy of the North Star as Tubman’s unwavering faith. Her skin is a contrast of cool blues and fiery reds, capturing her need to hide along with her tenacity and courage. Made entirely out of fabric, it portrays Tubman in a kaleidoscope of colors. Celeste Slomanīy 2021, Butler’s large quilted portrait, I Go to Prepare a Place for You, was hanging in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. ![]() What would she think of everything that I think I have hard in life?’”įor her portrait of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Butler chose colors influenced by the stage set in his Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul. The 19th-century photograph featured the famed Underground Railroad conductor when she was around 40, about the age Butler was at the time. Bisa Butler’s portrait of Harriet Tubman began with a minuscule black-and-white carte de visite.
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