Derrick Adams

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Through portraits, social scenes, photographs,sculptures, and immersive installations, DerrickAdams has developed an artistic practice thatvisualizes modern Black American life. Eq uallyinformed by popular culture as he is by the historyof modernist art, Adams creates vivid, exuberantscenes of normalcy and perseverance that expandthe dialogue around contemporary Black culture.Organized around three primary motivations behindhis practice – channeling, signaling, and mirroring– this book presents 150 of the most significantworks from Adams’s thirty-year career andestablishes him as one of the most importantfigurative artists working today. Derrick Adams is an American visual andperformance artist and curator. Much of his workis centred around his Black identity, frequentlyreferencing patterns, images, and themes of Blackculture in the USA.-Hallie Ringle is Daniel and Brett Sundheim ChiefCurator at the ICA Philadelphia.-Salamishah Tillet is Henry Rutgers Professorof Africana Studies and Creative Writing atRutgers University.-Dexter Wimberly is an independent curator andthe co-founder and CEO of the online educationplatform CreativeStudy.-Sandra Jackson-Dumont is Director and CEOof the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Hardback290 x 250 mm9 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches256 pp175 col illus.-PublishedOctober 2025Monacelli Show more