W.IN.E TV Interview Ms. Alpha Bruton & Ms. Marianna Buchwald

"Art is Business"

ALPHA BRUTON

Alpha Bruton is an artist, art consultant, and chief curator for the Phantom Gallery Chicago. She creates environmental art installations where 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. 

She is a muralist and paints on large canvas, wood panels, and other found objects. 

Current work on display at the Phantom Gallery Chicago, Bronzeville Artist Lofts alternative  exhibition space, is a retrospective 1993 - 2017

Mrs Bertha Copeland, Fabric Collage on Wood, 2017

Lady in Blue, collaboration Elaine Crossley,  1999, 2014

Alanthius, and the Despised Self Image, Acrylic on Wood

Mardi Gras NOLA, 1999, Acrylic on Burlap Pegboard Masonite

Mary Jay in Cat Walk City, Acrylic on Burlap Pegboard Masonite, 1997

Detroit 1967- Acrylic on Canvas, 1993

Leroy Jones, Yourba Movement, Acrylic on Canvas, 1993

Collective Memories, 2016, Found Objects on Canvas