Marrow becomes breath
2022
Medium
woven cotton and acrylic yarn, fabric (trim)
Measurements
(246.3 × 271.7 cm)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Tapestry Foundation of Australia, 2023
© Diedrick Brackens. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles.
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Diedrick Brackens’s works, which draw on European and West African textile traditions and are made from hand-dyed cotton, use weaving as a way of storytelling. marrow becomes breath is typical of Brackens figurative work, which uses his own body as a reference. Evoking themes of regeneration and transformation in the title, the silhouetted subject kneels holding a chain-like string beside two skulls (one human, one animal) that symbolise the marrow of winter or death.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Los Angeles, California, United States
Accession Number
2023.358
Department
International Fashion and Textiles