2024 New Editions: Derrick Adams, Where My Girls At?
Derrick Adams, Where My Girls At?, 2024. Click to view. An artist with countless irons in the fire at all times, one of the bodies of work Derrick Adams has developed in recent years is Beauty World. A series of large-scale paintings began in 2019, these images depict mannequin-like portraits of men and women with steely […]
2024 New Editions: Derrick Adams, Parlay
Derrick Adams, Parlay 1, 2024. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Parlay 3, 2024. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Parlay 2, 2024. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Parlay 4, 2024. Click to view. Explorations and celebrations of Black culture and identity in America dominate the work of artist Derrick Adams. Although he is primarily a painter, […]
2023 New Editions: Derrick Adams, Eye Candy
Derrick Adams, Eye Candy, 2023. Click to view. Through his artwork, Derrick Adams presents explorations and celebrations of Black culture and identity in America. Although he is primarily a painter, his practice also includes collage, sculpture, performance, installation, and video. In recent years, he has added printmaking to that list as he has been creating […]
2023 New Editions: Derrick Adams, Style Variations
Derrick Adams, Style Variation 1 (Pixie), 2023. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Style Variation 2 (Space Buns), 2023. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Style Variation 3 (Loose Wave), 2023. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Style Variation 4 (Side Part), 2023. Click to view. Derrick Adams, Style Variation 5 (Fringe), 2023. Click to view. Beauty World […]
[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
![[Read] Vogue Magazine: Derrick Adams’ Art Celebrates Black Life at its Most Exultant](https://tandempress.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Adams_Style-Variation-33_blog-thumbnail-720x220.jpg "[Read] Vogue Magazine: Derrick Adams’ Art Celebrates Black Life at its Most Exultant")
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.
