Diedrick Brackens: darling divined

Diedrick Brackens constructs intricately woven textiles that speak to the complexities of Black and queer identity in the United States.

Interlacing diverse traditions, including West African weaving, European tapestries, and quilting from the American south, Brackens creates cosmographic abstractions and figurative narratives that lyrically merge lived experience, commemoration, and allegory. He uses both commercial dyes and unconventional colorants such as wine, tea, and bleach, and foregrounds the loaded symbolism of materials like cotton, with its links to the transatlantic slave trade.

Brackens was born in Mexia, Texas in 1989. He received a BFA from the University of North Texas in Denton (2011) and an MFA from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco (2014). He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

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Diedrick Brackens: darling divined is organized by the New Museum, New York. The exhibition is curated by Margot Norton, Curator, and Francesca Altamura, former Curatorial Assistant. The Blanton Museum of Art’s presentation is organized by Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Funding for this exhibition at the Blanton is provided by Suzanne McFayden, Fredericka and David Middleton, Ellen and David Berman, and the Loraine O’Gorman Gonzales Creative Craft Fund.