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Derrick Adams

American visual artist

Derrick Adams (born 1970) be American visual den performance artist den curator. Much of Adams ein work dey center around ein Black identity, frequently dey reference patterns, images, den themes of Black culture insyd America.[1][2] Adams additionally work as a fine art professor, wey dey serve as a faculty member at Maryland Institute College of Art.[3]

Derrick Adams
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited States Edit
Name wey dem give amDerrick Edit
Family nameAdams Edit
Ein date of birth1970 Edit
Place dem born amBaltimore Edit
Ein occupationvisual artist, performance artist, painter, sculptor, exhibition curator Edit
EmployerMaryland Institute College of Art Edit
Educate forPratt Institute, Columbia University, Columbia University School of the Arts Edit
ResidenceNew York City, Brooklyn Edit
Notable workAround the Way Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.derrickadams.com/ Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit

Early life den education

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Dem born Derrick Adams insyd 1970 insyd Baltimore, Maryland. After he briefly teach elementary school, Adams attend de Pratt Institute. Dey follow ein 1996 graduation, Adams earn ein Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University, wey he plete ein degree insyd 2003.[4]

Career

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Insyd 2016, Adams create an installation (dem title Derrick Adams: THE HOLDOUT — A Social Sculpture with Curated Music Program) give de Aljira Center for Contemporary Art insyd Newark, NJ, wey feature a large pyramid wey dey enclose a broadcasting radio station. According to Adams, de pyramids insyd ein work reference de long presence of Black culture den de cultural capital dem build by black people over history.[5]

Adams ein 2016 show at Pioneer Works explore Black characters insyd popular culture. Dem title Derrick Adams: ON, de exhibition include collages, sculptures, den lampshades wey evoke characters from popular movies den TV shows like In Living Color den The Matrix.[6]

De Studio Museum insyd Harlem mount Adams ein 2017 exhibition Derrick Adams: Patrick Kelley, The Journey, in wich de artist dem create mood boards for a proposed autobiography of de fashion designer Patrick Kelley, wey ein techniques plus formal composition dem resonate plus Adams for terms of de construction of identity.[7]

Insyd 2017, Adams use de archival collections of de Stony Island Arts Bank (along plus material from oda collections), make e create a solo show der, Future People. An installation environment wey dey feature a looping video dat project images ein quotes from Black authors den speakers.[8] A series of collages insyd de exhibition, Orbiting Us #1-#10, depict items wey dey design by Charles Harrison, de first Black executive at Sears, Roebuck and Company. Adams use de exhibition to highlight de productive power of Black people make he imagine den innovate thru difficult circumstances.[9]

At de Museum of Arts and Design insyd 2018, Adams show work wey dey inspire by The Negro Motorist Green Book. E Title Sanctuary, Adams ein show feature an installation environment wey dey structure by a miniaturize highway dat run thru de galleries, wey fey pass collages dat evoke locations wey dey list insyd de guidebook.[10] Sanctuary celebrate de leisure time den success of African Americans even during de Jim Crow era, partly illuminate by small houses wey dey resemble milk cartons.[11]

Insyd 2018, de Museum of Contemporary Art Denver present a survey of Adams ein work wey dey span 2014-2017, wey dey include sculptures, installations, den works for paper top. E Title, Derrick Adams: Transmission, de exhibition dey showcase three bodies of work: "Future People" (2017), "Fabrication Station" (2016), den a series of "Boxhead" sculptures (2014),[12] wey dey explore "Derrick Adams's ongoing study of racial identity as it is both filter through popular culture ein san reimagine for de future."[13]

Dem award Derrick a 2018 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship, den participate insyd a two-person exhibition, American Family: Derrick Adams den Deana Lawson, at de Foundation as part of de award. Adams say about de exhibition, "Parks' influence…goes beyond de visual, into de meaning den purpose of why I feel ebe so important to show de many facets of black American life insyd ways dat shed light onto de complexity den richness of our past, present den future."[14]

Insyd 2019, dem feature Adams ein work insyd de Fox TV hit Empire. De art work insyd de series depicts de main characters, Cookie den Lucious Lyon wey dey play by Taraji P. Henson den Terrence Howard), wey be part of a real-life limited-edition collection of objects, "Empire x Derrick Adams collection", wich dey support Turnaround Arts, an arts-based school program at de Kennedy Center.[15] Dis no be de first time dem showcase ein work for a hit American TV show. Insyd 2017, Issa Rae dey include ein work insyd her HBO comedy Insecure.[16]

Insyd 2019 na dem commission Adams by de MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) make he create laminated glass artwork for de Nostrand Avenue Station. De laminated glass artwork dey consist of 85-panels wey dey span de length of de newly rehabilitated platforms den extend onto de four new pedestrian bridges wey dey connect de station to de neighborhoods of Crown Heights den Bedford-Stuyvesant wey be represented within de artwork. Dey use areal photos, maps, den personal history. Adams dey employ ein collage style make he dey emphasize de symbiotic relationship between neighborhood residents den dema built environment.[17]

Insyd 2020 Adams create a mural for Harlem Hospital.[18]

Insyd 2023, na Adams be one of six artists dem commission make dem create a temporary installation for de National Mall insyd conjunction plus Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, de first art exhibition dem curate insyd de Mall ein history. Dem commission by de Trust for de National Mall, National Capital Planning Commission, den National Park Service, Adams design a fully functional, interactive playground wey serve as a memorial to de desegregation of public schools insyd Washington, D.C. Na dem divide de playground insyd half wey dey use a large panel wey feature pictures of kids wey dey play for a playground top insyd Washington, immediately after de court decision wey desegregate schools; na dem paint one half of de playground insyd exclusively shades of gray, while de na dem render de other half insyd bright hues, plus an archway insyd de center wey dey connect de two sides.[19]

References

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  1. ↑ "Derrick Adams is Focusing on a Positive Vision for the Future". Whitewall. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. ↑ Drinkard, Jane (2018-01-30). "An Artist Reimagines a Travel Guide for Black Americans". The Cut (in English). Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ↑ Yerman, Marcia G. (2014-10-10). "A Conversation With Derrick Adams". Huffington Post (in American English). Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  4. ↑ Mendelsohn, Meredith (2018-01-19). "How an Artist Learned About Freedom From 'The Negro Motorist Green Book'". The New York Times (in American English). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  5. ↑ "Derrick Adams Brings A Practical Edge to Conceptual Art :: IRAAA". iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  6. ↑ Thackara, Tess (2016-06-08). "Derrick Adams Is Reclaiming Black Identity from Hit TV Shows". Artsy (in English). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  7. ↑ "Exhibition focuses on artist Derrick Adams's extensive research into the archive of fashion designer Patrick Kelly". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  8. ↑ "Derrick Adams is Focusing on a Positive Vision for the Future". Whitewall. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  9. ↑ Scruggs, Danielle A. (June 20, 2017). "For Derrick Adams, black imagination is the future". Chicago Reader (in English). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. ↑ Mendelsohn, Meredith (2018-01-19). "How an Artist Learned About Freedom From 'The Negro Motorist Green Book'". The New York Times (in American English). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  11. ↑ "Artist Derrick Adams reinterprets Jim Crow era travel guidebooks". Interview Magazine (in American English). 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  12. ↑ "Derrick Adams's Transmissions on Art and Black Identity". Hyperallergic (in American English). 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  13. ↑ "Derrick Adams". MCA Denver (in English). Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  14. ↑ salesaperture. "The Gordon Parks Foundation Mounts "American Family: Derrick Adams and Deana Lawson"". Aperture Foundation NY (in American English). Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  15. ↑ "Artist Derrick Adams on How One of His Paintings Became a Central Plot Point in the TV Show 'Empire'". artnet News (in American English). 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  16. ↑ "One more thing we love about Issa Rae: How "Insecure" showcases black artists". Salon (in English). 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  17. ↑ “Derrick Adams.” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, www.rhoffmangallery.com/artists/derrick-adams.
  18. ↑ Kaufman, David C. (September 17, 2020). "Artist Derrick Adams Transforms Hospital Rooms Into a Canvas of Color and Whimsy". Architectural Digest (in American English). Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  19. ↑ Gopnik, Blake (17 August 2023). "On Our National Mall, New Monuments Tell New Stories". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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