Diedrick Brackens
Subtitle: heaven is a muddy riverbed
By: by Diedrick Brackens, texts by : Suzanne Isken, Holly Jerger, TK Smith, and Derrick Austin
Contributors: Isken, Suzanne, contributor; Jerger, Holly, contributor; Smith, TK, contributor; Austin, Derrick, contributor; Craft Contemporary (Los Angeles, CA.)
Publisher: Craft Contemporary
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
Copyright date: 2022
Subjects: Exhibitions; Textile crafts; Political aspects; African American gay men; Identity; In art; Homosexuality and art; Modern Art; Homosexualité et art; Art
Other titles: Heaven is a muddy riverbed
Description: This fully illustrated catalogue accompanies Craft Contemporary's exhibition of the same name and documents all of Diedrick Brackens' catfish-themed weavings and poems to date. The catalog includes essays by author Derrick Austin and curator, writer, and cultural historian TK Smith, with an introduction by Holly Jerger, exhibitions curator at Craft Contemporary.  The cover of the book is printed with matte black foil on heavy stock black paper.--(https://www.craftcontemporaryshop.org/products/diedrick-brackens-heaven).

More about the exhibition, Diedrick Brackens: heaven is a muddy riverbed (January 30 - May 8, 2022):  This intimate survey exhibition examines the use of the catfish motif in Los Angeles-based artist Diedrick Brackens' weavings and poetry. The catfish has been an enduring, multi-dimensional reference in Brackens' work - a symbol of physical and spiritual nourishment, a messenger linking the present to ancestral memories, and a guide in his own self-examination. The exhibition navigates the evolution of this important emblem at the heart of Brackens' prolific creative practice.--(https://www.craftcontemporaryshop.org/products/diedrick-brackens-heaven).
Notes: Published on the occasion of: Diedrick Brackens: heaven is a muddy riverbed, January 30-May 8, 2022.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Suzanne Isken.; title: Introduction  -- Holly Jerger.; title: The body weaves through water  -- TK Smith.; title: Messenger in the water: Catfish as Motif in the poetry of Diedrick Brackens  -- Derrick Austin.; title: Poetry. --; title: Diedrick Brackens Studio.