Wright said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art. "What I tried to do with this show，" he said, "was to look at artists who were promoting 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 hangs 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.

　　For San Francisco－based artist Lisa Kokin, buttons are highly personal. After her father died in 2001, she created a portrait of him using only buttons. That memorial to her father led to other button portraits, including those of activists Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.

　　Others use buttons for details. Artist Amalia Amaki of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, placed them on and around old photographs. Los Angeles artist Camilla Taylor attached buttons to three large sculptures that look like headless animals with long，narrow legs.

　　"The Button Show" ends on March 12. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation paid for the exhibition. The foundation was created in 1995 by the Simmons brothers: artist Danny, hip－hop producer Russell and rapper Rev. Run. The foundation seeks to bring the artists to urban youth and to provide support for new artists.

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