DUVERNAY COLLECTIVE
Hailing from New Orleans, Charles DuVernay is a member of the Monogram Hunters, one of over forty tribes practicing Black Masking Indian culture.
For the debut collection of wall works, DuVernay deconstructed his feathered suits - originally worn as ceremonial garments in the Mardi Gras parade - and upcycled the intricately beaded patches by assembling them into eleven embroidered emblems that bare stories of hope, rebirth, and coexistence.