Visual Art – Washington, D.C.
Darius Frank, aka, Defcise, and I am a Washington DC based designer and fine artist. As a creative, my aim is to build connection. This is achieved by reflecting society through well crafted scenes, honoring subjects that bare something in common to us all. My focus is on the human condition and the idea that through understanding, unity will be achieved.
As a queer artist of color, I know all to well the importance of identity, representation, and freedom. So in large, my work looks to speak to these values in a number of ways. Whether it be through an emotional examination of my own insecurities, or a tapestry of stories culminating to the majesty of Washington DC, my work meets it’s aim, in front of the people.
Thank you for your time, and leave you with a blurb I always find inspiring whenever I need some confidence in my output.
“By focusing his lens on what one loves or has loved, Frank creates a space of contact between longtime residents and new arrivals to appreciate what has come to be, and of course, what has been. Expanding on his practice of portraiture, Frank presents a complex and intimate narrative of urban evolution through a multi-channel video installation and series of paintings for the exhibition, Things I Love/d.” - CREATIVETIME, 2017