Art Review
Diedrick Brackens’s Tapestries Beckon the Light of Freedom
In this Bay Area artist’s hands, weaving becomes a site of experimentation and refusal.
Diedrick Brackens
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Diedrick Brackens Unravels and Re-Weaves Histories
In his first exhibition in the United Kingdom, the artist creates large-scale tapestries that draw upon the brutal racialized history of cotton.
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What Does It Mean for Heaven to Be a Muddy Riverbed?
Diedrick Brackens deftly combines his weavings with his original poetry to create an atmosphere of reverence for the people, animals and ideas that society demeans.
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The New Bend Nods to Gee's Bend but Strays From Quilting
I was left wondering whether more of a connection could be made between some of the artists and artworks and the artists of Gee’s Bend.