![]() ![]() When I was thinking of who could visit as a guest artist, to shake up the group, Brontez was the first person who came to mind. Under the rubric of thinking about and making art, the program supports young people in realizing their capabilities to act creatively within and upon the world. ![]() For the past year, I have been working with a group of amazing teenagers through the Dia Art Foundation and New York City’s Department of Youth & Community Development program. In Brontez Purnell’s prolific and varied ways of working, single moments act as dream holes into the entirety of a personal cosmos. But ghosts will be too busy counting the bristles on the broom to disturb your sleep.” In his words, “My family is just really superstitious and witchy and they said if you sleep with a broom in the room ghosts won’t bother you because ghosts are really nosy, hence why they haunt people. ![]() He’s holding a broom that he keeps there. Brontez Purnell sits in his study/studio/altar room in his home in Oakland, CA on October 19, 2020. ![]()
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