The runway star shares how she began making art and the mission behind her expressive, large-scale paintings.
, Brannon created larger-than-life pieces where her form serves as the paintbrush. Within the pieces you can see the outline of her body in stark red acrylic against a black canvas or handprints pointed upward toward a glowing sphere. Though the clash of shapes and colors leaves much open to interpretation, Brannon’s physicality adds another layer. Beneath the mélange of paints and textures you can see a person within each painting, their fragility on full display.
Dependence and rehabilitation serve as the defining themes within the eight works she presented at Nine Studios. Throughout the series the works shift in tone; Brannon’s palette and forms gradually change. The evolution from lost soul to angel is depicted through forms that fill an entire gallery wall with rich color. The six paintings and two drawings that comprise the exhibition are all untitled, so Brannon wanted the event to bear a special name.
The strength it takes for a person to recover or even admit that a problem exists is something Brannon hopes to honor within her work. Though people are much more likely in 2021 to be open about their experiences with addiction, misconceptions and stereotypes around the subject persist. Brannon hopes to challenge that through art. “Art allows us to understand the significance of experiences outside our own and see things from a different perspective,” she says.
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