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Safer at Home: Conversation with Rakeem Cunningham
12020-08-17T14:35:50-07:00Alexis Bard Johnson9328ae6a5985e503ee2cbc8a82cadb50636ac23d370891This video is from a series of conversations with contemporary Los Angeles based artists as part of the online exhibition, "Safer at Home." For this conversation ...plain2020-08-17T14:35:50-07:00YouTube2020-07-16T22:04:16ZPFzmq8svJxQONEarchivesAlexis Bard Johnson9328ae6a5985e503ee2cbc8a82cadb50636ac23d
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12020-05-26T09:14:35-07:00Rakeem Cunningham11plain2020-08-17T14:40:53-07:00Rakeem Cunningham is a multimedia artist and photographer based out of Los Angeles, California. Born in 1992, his work explores the many nuances of the queer black experience through photography, collage, installation, and video works. Cunningham often incorporates images from manga, anime, comics, and fashion magazines he’s consumed during his life, often in an attempt to subvert and identify tropes and stereotypes of blackness in media.
While Cunningham focuses on queer identity politics, escapism, fantasy, self-acceptance, and the navigation of body politics under the queer landscape he’s also interested in exploration and interaction of materials. Cunningham received his BFA from the UCLA design and media arts department and is currently a member of Montevista Projects in Los Angeles.
Rakeem was in conversation with curator Lexi Johnson on Monday June 22, 2020 at 3pm to speak about his work and practice in relation to themes brought up by “safer at home.” The video recording is available to watch here: