Derrick Adams is a multidisciplinary New York–based artist with practices rooted in Deconstructivist philosophies and the formation and perception of ideals attached to objects, colors, textures, symbols and ideologies. Focus is on fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface – exploring shape-shifting forces of popular culture and its counter balances in our lives. The collage works on paper create minimal geometric constructions of angular human figures that seemingly live both in a state of deconstruction at the same time as if in the process of being built.
Adams received his MFA from Columbia University and BFA from Pratt Institute and is a Skowhegan and Marie Walsh Sharpe alumnus. He is a recipient of a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and is an honored finalist for the 2011 William H. Johnson Prize. Exhibition and performance highlights include: MoMA PS1 Greater New York 2005, PERFORMA 05, Brooklyn Museum Open House, The Kitchen NYC 2010, The Bearden Project at the Studio Museum in Harlem 2011/12, a four-night solo performance in BAM’s new Fisher Theater in September 2012, and a solo exhibition at Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, 2013.
Queen of Spades Press Release - October 13th, 2015
Michael Steinberg and Eminence Grise Editions proudly announce the forthcoming publication of two new works by Derrick Adams.
Created in response to Alexander Pushkin’s story, "The Queen of Spades", the images enter into a dialogue raised by issues of the author’s African ancestry as well as the fascination of the story itself. Entitled Holding Court and Countess N and Lizaveta Ivanovna, Adams’ new prints reference the two female characters in Pushkin’s magical tale.
Editioned by master printer Andre Ribuoli, the works are available in two formats: Edition A, which are large in scale and Edition B, consisting of the two prints smaller in format contained in a portfolio accompanied by the text of the story*. These editions will be introduced at the 2015 Editions / Artists’ Book Fair, November 5th – 8th.
Derrick Adams is a multidisciplinary New York–based artist with practices rooted in Deconstructivist philosophies and the formation and perception of ideals attached to objects, colors, textures, symbols and ideologies. Focus is on fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface – exploring shape-shifting forces of popular culture and its counter balances in our lives. His collage works create minimal geometric constructions of angular human figures that seemingly live both in a state of deconstruction at the same time as if in the process of being built.
Adams received his MFA from Columbia University and BFA from Pratt Institute and is a Skowhegan and Marie Walsh Sharpe alumnus. He is a recipient of a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Performance highlights include: MoMA PS1 Greater New York, PERFORMA 05, Brooklyn Museum Open House, The Kitchen NYC, The Bearden Project at the Studio Museum in Harlem, a solo performance in BAM. Solo exhibitions include Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, 2013, Hales Gallery, London, 2014 and Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, 2014.
Eminence Grise Editions is the publishing division of Michael Steinberg Fine Art. This new venture will continue Michael Steinberg’s long-term commitment to innovative editions by contemporary artists. Among the recent publications are works by Derrick Adams, Ok Hyun Ahn, Lauren Comito, Yevgeniy Fiks, and Sandrine Guerin.
* Text courtesty of Robert Chandler, Editor, Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida