ART: Derrick Adams' New Abstract Portraits Spotlight Everyday Lives of Black Community

Brooklyn-based artist Derrick Adams is widely-known for his vivid paintings that merge the genres of cubism, abstraction, and figuration. With his multi-genre artworks, Adams predominantly raises issues within the collective Black community. The artist will soon launch a new body of colorful portrait compositions as part of an upcoming exhibition at the Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago. Entitled “The Ins and Outs: Figures in the Urban Landscape,” the presentation marks the gallery’s third solo show with Adams.

“Speaking to a legacy of perseverance in the Black community, Adams’ new paintings unfold the twists and turns, joys and struggles of navigating life in an urban context,” said the gallery in a press statement. “With this work, Adams continues his ongoing project of creating space to imagine alternative narratives; he seeks to empower his viewers with fulfillment and dignity, proposing that awareness of one’s own cultural capital can be foundational to Black autonomy.”

The exhibition will run through May 31 – July 6, visit Rhona Hoffman Gallery’s website to learn more.

In other notable presentations, acclaimed British artist Paul Insect will soon launch a new solo exhibition with Allouche Gallery in Paris called “There’s More Upstairs.”

Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622

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Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Seminal American artist Derrick Adams is widely-recognized for his vivid paintings, collages, and assemblages that touch upon socio-political issues and pop culture. The multifaceted creative is the subject of a new exhibition at New York City’s Luxembourg & Dayan gallery. Organized by renowned art curator Francesco Bonami, the show entitled “Interior Life” sees new portraits on paper with Adams’ signature abstract patterning style observed throughout the pieces.

“Inspired by a tenet of Catholic theology that describes ‘a life which seeks God in everything,’ Interior Life is a meditation on the intimate spaces of one’s mind and home, each an analog for the other,” said the gallery in a statement. The exhibition is on view through April 20. Head over to Luxembourg & Dayan’s website to learn more.

In other noteworthy exhibitions, Spanish artist Ignasi Monreal will display new lifelike paintings at his first solo exhibition entitled “Plats Bruts.”

Luxembourg & Dayan
64 East 77th Street
New York, New York
10075