Derrick Adams: Self-Portrait on Float Carrie Mae Weems revealing their highly personal quality

revealing their highly personal quality

in ways that echo Everett

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he explores the concept of personal and cultural archaeology

an exhibition of eight monumental paintings and a sculpture at Gagosian

Derrick Adams: Self-Portrait on Float Carrie Mae Weems revealing their highly personal qualityThis vibrant polychrome woodcut by Derrick Adams depicts the artist in a unicorn shaped pool float, enjoying a moment of aquatic relaxation. It belongs to his series Floaters (2016), which pictures Black figures lounging in water with inflatable toys. For Adams, play and leisure are important aspects of life that are worthy of representation. With a spectrum of colors making up its mane together with details in gold leaf, the unicorn float pictured