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when no softness came

Diedrick Brackens

Image courtesy Various Small Fires LA

Object Label

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.

Caption

Diedrick Brackens (American, born 1989). when no softness came, 2019. Cotton twine and threads, acrylic yarns, polyester thread (possible), dyes, 98 1/2 × 101 1/2 in. (250.2 × 257.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019, 2019.12. (Photo: Image courtesy Various Small Fires LA)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

when no softness came

Date

2019

Medium

Cotton twine and threads, acrylic yarns, polyester thread (possible), dyes

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

98 1/2 × 101 1/2 in. (250.2 × 257.8 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019

Accession Number

2019.12

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Artists and makers

Diedrick Brackens

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