DERRICK ADAMS – COME AS YOU ARE
2023-08-28The exhibition’s title offers encouragement to be present without the need to conceal one’s true self, dreams, and aspirations—a prompt to shed the pressures of adaptation and conformity. Adams counters hackneyed narratives by presenting figures in moments of carefree leisure, inspired by his belief in the constructive power of scenes that uplift and support Black culture. Adding elements of fantastical daydreams along with a few icons familiar from previous series, he dramatizes lived experience and self-actualization in compositions that balance vivid and muted tones, flat planes and multidimensional space.
Opposite – Lookie Loos, 2023
Exhibition runs through to October 28th, 2023
Gagosian
456 North Camden Drive
CA 90210 Beverly Hills
USA
