A Measure of the Earth

A measure of the Earth

The presentation will take place in the Koret Auditorium at the de Young Museum in San Francisco and over Zoom. Attendance in person is free for all.

Eventbrite tickets are for those who cannot attend in person and would like to view the live Zoom broadcast. A recording will be available for 14 days following the talk. Textile Arts Council Members: You do NOT need to purchase a ticket, your link will be emailed to you.

Diedrick Brackens (b. 1989, Mexia, Texas) explores the intersections of identity and sociopolitical issues through handwoven tapestries that reexamine allegory and narrative via material, autobiography, and broader themes of African American and queer identity, American history, and memory.

Brackens is the recipient of the 2021 United States Artists Fellowship, the 2019 Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant, the 2019 Marciano Artadia Award, and the 2018 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize from The Studio Museum in Harlem.

His recent solo exhibitions include his first institutional solo show in the United Kingdom at The Holburne Museum in Bath; The Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA; the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany; the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC; Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA; the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX; Oakville Galleries in Ontario, Canada; and the New Museum in New York, NY.

© Diedrick Brackens. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

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