Artists

Cudelice Brazelton IV

Press release

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
– Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Cudelice Brazelton IV works in installation, sculpture, painting, and assemblage. In his practice he strongly focuses on the surface and texture of materials. Using found objects and fabrics, he creates multilayered, abstract works stretched onto wooden frames. The works often protrude, extending into the exhibition space, or open like trap doors to offer a glimpse into what‘s beneath. Oscillating between painting and assemblage, Brazelton frequently incorporates materials that pretend to be something different. He uses fabric imitating a metal chain, paper pretending to be leather, and inkjet print-outs posing as metal hardware – “cheap” tricks and effects translated into material. Brazelton plays with these imperfect trompe l‘oeils, which at times give off the aura of a DIY project, openly revealing their tricks, yet at other times successfully fool even the keenest viewer. In this abstract system of materials and references he creates experimental objects which give a nod to baroqueness.