[Watch] Eye Candy – Derrick Adams in Conversation with Jennifer Farrell
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On the last day of the 2022 IFPDA Print Fair, artist Derrick Adams and Jennifer Farrell, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discuss his history of working with print and how print lives in his art practice. Adams first incorporated collaborative print practice into his process in 2012. As his price point rose, collaborating […]
[Watch] EXPO/Dialogues – IFPDA Spotlight | Collaborative Printmaking with Derrick Adams and Paula Panczenko
![[Watch] EXPO/Dialogues – IFPDA Spotlight | Collaborative Printmaking with Derrick Adams and Paula Panczenko](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Adams_EXPO-2022-talk_blog-thumbnail-720x220.png "[Watch] EXPO/Dialogues – IFPDA Spotlight | Collaborative Printmaking with Derrick Adams and Paula Panczenko")
This talk, which was part of the 2022 EXPO Chicago /Dialogues programming, features a discussion between artist Derrick Adams, Tandem Press director Paula Panczenko, and Tandem Press Collaborative Printmaker Jason Ruhl. The panelists discuss the creative process behind Adams’ new print edition with Tandem Press, titled Silver Lining, which was commissioned by EXPO Chicago. Ruhl […]
[Read] Colossal – Through Blocks of Geometric Color, Artist Derrick Adams Celebrates the Joy of Self-Expression
![[Read] Colossal – <em>Through Blocks of Geometric Color, Artist Derrick Adams Celebrates the Joy of Self-Expression</em>](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Adams_Style-Variation-34_blog-thumbnail-720x220.jpg "[Read] Colossal – <em>Through Blocks of Geometric Color, Artist Derrick Adams Celebrates the Joy of Self-Expression</em>")
“Style Variation 34” (2020). Image courtesy Derrick Adams Studio. Colossal highlights Derrick Adams’ Looks, a series of eight-foot multimedia paintings shown at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2022. The paintings depict busts reinterpreted as vibrant portraits inspired by salons and shops in Adams’ Brooklyn neighborhood Click here to view images of the work and […]
[Read] ArtNews – Derrick Adams Creates Scenes of Black Joy Through Formalism
![[Read] ArtNews – <em>Derrick Adams Creates Scenes of Black Joy Through Formalism</em>](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Adams_ArtNews-2021_blog-thumbnail-720x220.jpg "[Read] ArtNews – <em>Derrick Adams Creates Scenes of Black Joy Through Formalism</em>")
Derrick Adams at work on a new painting in his Brooklyn studio. IKE EDEANI FOR ARTNEWS Vogue enters Derrick Adams’ studio and discusses the concepts behind his work, including a focus on black leisure as a radical act, artists he finds inspirational, and his new retreat residency for black creatives in Baltimore. Click here to […]
[Watch] Milwaukee Art Museum Virtual Opening Conversation: On Site: Derrick Adams: Our Time Together
![[Watch] Milwaukee Art Museum Virtual Opening Conversation: <em>On Site: Derrick Adams: Our Time Together</em>](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Adams_Our-Time-Together_blog-thumbnail-720x220.jpg "[Watch] Milwaukee Art Museum Virtual Opening Conversation: <em>On Site: Derrick Adams: Our Time Together</em>")
Lisa Sutcliffe, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum, speaks with Derrick Adams about his new site-specific mural and sculptural installation at the museum. This work is inspired by Adams’ research into The Green Book, a Jim Crow era guidebook that listed which hotels and restaurants served African American patrons. […]
[Read] Vogue Magazine: Derrick Adams’ Art Celebrates Black Life at its Most Exultant
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Vogue enters Derrick Adams’ studio and discusses the concepts behind his work, including a focus on black leisure as a radical act, artists he finds inspirational, and his new retreat residency for black creatives in Baltimore. Click here to read the article in full. Click here to view available works by Derrick Adams.
[Read] The Last Resort: Derrick Adams’ Final Chapter on Exploring Black Leisure
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Juxtapoz reviews Derrick Adams’ 2021 solo show The Last Resort, the culmination of his “Floaters” series. The show features large-scale paintings and intimate watercolors depicting vibrant scenes of black leisure. Click here to view the work and read the article in full. Click here to view available works by Derrick Adams.
[Watch] African American Leisure in the Sunshine State & Beyond
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Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg: On October 15, 2020, contemporary artist Derrick Adams, historian and author Dr. Gretchen Sorin, and photographer and author Cynthia Wilson-Graham joined in a lively discussion about the power, pleasure and struggle for Black leisure and travel during the segregation era. Sorin is the author of “Driving […]
[Read] Avenue Magazine – Derrick Adams on Opening a Solo Show, Working on a Big Commission, and Surviving Coronavirus
![[Read] Avenue Magazine – <em>Derrick Adams on Opening a Solo Show, Working on a Big Commission, and Surviving Coronavirus</em>](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Adams_IMG_5735-thumbnail-720x220.jpg "[Read] Avenue Magazine – <em>Derrick Adams on Opening a Solo Show, Working on a Big Commission, and Surviving Coronavirus</em>")
Derrick Adams discusses a work in progress in the Tandem Press studio, April 2019 Avenue Magazine did an artist feature on Derrick Adams and what he has been working on throughout the Coronavirus lockdown. Click here to read the article. Click here to view available works by Derrick Adams.
[Read] Artnet News – Star Derrick Adams Explains the Radical Power of Making Work About Black People ‘Just Being, Living’
![[Read] Artnet News – <em>Star Derrick Adams Explains the Radical Power of Making Work About Black People ‘Just Being, Living’</em>](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Adams_Boy-on-Swan-Float-thumbnail-720x220.jpg "[Read] Artnet News – <em>Star Derrick Adams Explains the Radical Power of Making Work About Black People ‘Just Being, Living’</em>")
Derrick Adams, Boy on Swan Float, 2020 Charles Moore from Artnet News visited Derrick Adams in his studio and interviewed him about his creative vision, the inspiration and impetus for his bodies of work, how he likes to support other artists, and more. Click here to read the article. Click here to view available works […]
