Grandmother’s Circle - A Tribute to Crecy's People and to Sallie Alpha: An Installation by Alpha Bruton
A photograph of Tribute to Crecy's People and Sallie Alpha, an environmental installation by Alpha Bruton, 2013.
Alpha Bruton’s installation is a simulation of a ceremonial purification circle, in which objects and images are selected to “serve as cultural mirrors and the sites in which they are situated serve as part of a broader cultural commentary.” The artist has examined cultural signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. She believes that objects in the public sphere serve to communicate and reinforce certain cultural narratives, hierarchies, and social mythologies.
A painter and an installation artist, Bruton synthesizes aspects of set design in film and theatre, sculpture, and other two-dimensional forms. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues in Canada, Mexico, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, and on the Western Rim. Bruton is the Tarble Arts Center’s 2013 Arts-In-Education artist-in-residence, and will be in residence at four area schools between Nov. 11 through Dec. 13. The residency is funded by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, by participating schools, the Coles County Arts Council, and Tarble membership contributions.
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