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brandon king
(b. 1984) 

multidisciplinary artist, from the Atlantic Ocean by way of Hampton Roads VA, brandon creates installations exploring African Diasporic identities, honoring his ancestors’ stories through archival and found materials, sound collage, painting, film, and other forms. his practice generates pathways to acknowledge and alchemize harms committed to disrupt despair, to equip and strengthen past, present, and future generations.


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brandon is a founding member of Cooperation Jackson, a cooperative network in Jackson Mississippi and currently serves as Executive of Resonate Coop, an international, open source, music streaming platform cooperative. subt.le is based in NYC and is currently an MFA candidate at Queens College focusing on Social Practice and Installation. he is also a member of the New York City based artist collective PTP
African American Gothic (2002)

acrylic on canvas
21 x 17 inches

the two centerfigures, Bojangles and Aunt Jemima, caricatures but also symbols of African american culture replace the anglo-settler couple in american Gothic with this piece. African American Gothic speaks to how desensitized america is to the embedded racialized terror that becomes center to Black cultural representation.