MCLA Artist Laboratory Residency: Genevieve Gaignard and Diedrick Brackens

Artist-in-Residence Genevieve Gaignard hosts a virtual discussion with artist Diedrick Brackens about the multifaceted relationship they have as artists, friends, studio mates, and colleagues. They examine how they navigate the art world while supporting themselves and advancing their individual practices.

Diedrick Brackens is best known for his woven tapestries that explore allegory and narrative through the artist’s autobiography, broader themes of African American and queer identity, as well as American history. Brackens employs techniques from West African weaving, quilting from the American South and European tapestry-making to create both abstract and figurative works. Often depicting moments of male tenderness, Brackens culls from African and African American literature, poetry and folklore as source. Beginning his process through the hand-dying of cotton, a material he deliberately uses in acknowledgement of its brutal history, Brackens’ oeuvre presents rich, nuanced visions of African American life and identity, while also alluding to the complicated histories of labor and migration. Visit https://www.diedrickbrackens.com/ to learn more about Brackens’s work.

To learn more about Genevieve Gaignard and her work, visit her site at http://www.genevievegaignard.com/

For information about the MCLA Artist Laboratory Residency, visit http://www.mcla.edu/About_MCLA/area/bcrc/mcla-gallery-51/Artist-Lab-Residency/index.html
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