a year of negotiations
a year of negotiations
Artist
Diedrick Brackens
(born 1989)
Date2019
MediumWoven cotton and acrylic yarn
Dimensions52 1/2 in. × 53 in. × 5/8 in. (133.4 × 134.6 × 1.6 cm)
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2020.13
Accession number
2020.13
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextDiedrick Brackens weaves tapestries that exist between figuration and abstraction, often engaging with histories that resonate with his experience as a gay Black man in the United States. a year of negotiations comes from a series Brackens made to reflect on how animals have often functioned as symbols across time and artistic disciplines. The serpent-like animal is wrapped around the silhouette of a figure, perhaps signifying internal struggles that can entangle and constrict.
