Safer at Home: Conversation with Rakeem Cunningham

Rakeem 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 will be in conversation with curator Alexis Bard 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.”

Image: Rakeem Cunningham, "Our Power," 2020, mixed media on panel, 16" x 11"

Date

Mon, Jun 22 2020

Time

03:00 pm ~ 03:30 pm

Safer at Home: Conversation with MariNaomi

On: Jun 8 2020 | 12am at: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Please join for the second in a series of conversations with contemporary artists as part of the ongoing online exhibition, Safer at Home. For this conversation, curator Alexis Bard Johnson will speak with artist MariNaomi about her daily comic drawings, overall practice, and thoughts on “safer at home.”

Safer at Home: Conversation with Brenda Zhang (Bz)

On: Jun 15 2020 | 12am at: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Please join for the third in a series of conversations with contemporary artists as part of the ongoing online exhibition, Safer at Home. For this conversation, curator Alexis Bard Johnson will speak with artist Brenda Zhang (Bz) about their ongoing painting projects.

Jun 01 2020

Safer at Home: Conversation with Ben Cuevas

On: Jun 1 2020 | 12am at: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

When: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Please join for a virtual conversation between artit Ben Cuevas and curator Alexis Bard Johnson on June 1, 2020 at 5pm as part of the online exhibition, Safer at Home. 

Safer at Home

On: Apr 20 2020 | 12am - Aug 17 2020 | 12am

"Safer at Home" is an online exhibition of objects from the ONE Archives Collection at the USC Libraries that resonate with and reflect on the idea of “safer at home.”