Visual artist Derrick Beasley explores the scientific phenomenon of black holes as a way to understand the long-standing absence of holistic depictions of Black folks (Black Wholes), particularly in the South.
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Derrick Beasley is a multidisciplinary artist from Durham. He uses portraiture, sculpture, installation and public/cultural space-making to abstract the familiar and expand our understanding of what is—and what is possible. Derrick is uses his community organizing and public policy background to inform his artwork. As a self proclaimed Afro-futurist and burgeoning Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast, the primary driver of Derrick’s professional and creative work is creating new, more equitable worlds.