Peter "Souleo" Wright organized "The Button Show," at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Eleven artists used the small, ordinary objects to create sculptures, portraits and wearable art. Some of the works are political, some are personal and others are just fun. Wright said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art. What I tried to do with this show, he said "was look at artists who were elevating that level of craft." He said he wanted the button art to be comparable to a painting because of the amount of detail and precision in the work.” Artist Beau McCall produced A Harlem Hangover. It looks like a wine bottle that fell over on a table. A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down. Similar red buttons form a small pool on the floor. McCall layers buttons of different shapes and sizes to create the bottle. The stitching that holds them together is also part of the artistic design.
Title: Buttons Are Art at New York City Gallery
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data-end-time='27125'>Some of the works are political, some are personal and others are just fun.</span> <span data-start-time='27125' data-end-time='34875'>Wright said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art. </span> <span data-start-time='34875' data-end-time='43625'>What I tried to do with this show, he said "was look at artists who were elevating that level of craft."</span> <span data-start-time='43625' data-end-time='55250'>He said he wanted the button art to be comparable to a painting because of the amount of detail and precision in the work.”</span> <span data-start-time='55250' data-end-time='60271'>Artist Beau McCall produced A Harlem Hangover. </span> <span data-start-time='60271' data-end-time='65146'>It looks like a wine bottle that fell over on a table.</span> <span data-start-time='65146' data-end-time='72792'> A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down. </span> <span data-start-time='72792' data-end-time='78188'>Similar red buttons form a small pool on the floor.</span> <span data-start-time='78188' data-end-time='84958'>McCall layers buttons of different shapes and sizes to create the bottle. </span> <span data-start-time='84958' data-end-time='90896'>The stitching that holds them together is also part of the artistic design.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/788/button_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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