Rising artist Akea Brionne is imagining an Afro-Surrealist world by the sea. “I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship to the loss of knowledge and understanding oneself,” said Brionne during a recent video call. Her works—digitally printed jacquard tapestries that have been filled with doll stuffing and rags—are three-dimensional objects painstakingly adorned with beads. These textile works are, though unexpectedly, the result of an intensive process that begins with the artist taking photographic self-portraits. “Some people have asked why I don’t vary the compositions more, but I’m not trying to reference a history of painting.

Source: Forbes December 16, 2023 08:23 UTC