when no softness came
2019
Diedrick Brackens
American, born 1989
Contemporary Art
Inspired by stories of historical and contemporary Black cowboys, when no softness came reimagines the trope of heroic male victors riding on horseback by illustrating a moment of respite and ease. Like many of Diedrick Brackens’s weavings, this scene of intimacy and tenderness creates personal mythologies that center queer Black identity.
- Maker/Artist
- Diedrick Brackens
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Cotton twine and threads, acrylic yarns, polyester thread (possible), dyes
- Dimensions
- 98 1/2 × 101 1/2 in. (250.2 × 257.8 cm)
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
- 2019.12
- Credit Line
- Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019
- Rights Statement
- © artist or artist's estate
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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