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Diedrick Brackens
Born in 1989, Mexia, United States
Lives and works in Los Angeles, United States
Overview
Melding the figurative style of European Renaissance tapestries with the abstracted textiles of West Africa, Diedrick Brackens crafts visceral, evocative tapestries which trace Black and queer histories in America and their presence in contemporary society. Silhouettes of black figures dancing, embracing, or swimming are woven into the foreground of his dreamlike backdrops, full of vitality. The large-scale textile works are both deeply personal and allegorical. They are laden with poetic motif...Read more
Selected artworks
Diedrick Brackens
birth of humility, 2024
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ward no. 2 be careful, 2020
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root-bound, 2024
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the first age, 2024
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Diedrick Brackens
break and tremble, 2019
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once more to the lake, 2021
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bitter attendance, drown jubilee, 2018
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the flame goes, 2017
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Diedrick Brackens
the rhythm of consent, 2022
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the bravest sons, 2018
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Independence Day, 2018
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unicorn kente, 2014
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in the decadence of silence, 2018
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beyond the yard, 2015
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opening tombs beneath the heart, 2018
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the cup is a cloud, 2018
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heaven is a muddy river bed, 2017
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slain garden, 2017
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how to return, 2017
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all caught and flow up, 2017
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blue under night, 2017
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through the eye unburnt and blameless, 2020
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Diedrick Brackens
the cup is a cloud, 2018
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