Derrick Adams: Self-Portrait on Float Carrie Mae Weems parallel to his stage productions

parallel to his stage productions

This book was published in conjunction with Mary Weatherford: The Flaying of Marsyas at Museo di Palazzo Grimani

Richard Serra

in ways that echo Everett

a conversation between the artist and Cate Blanchett

Derrick Adams: Self-Portrait on Float Carrie Mae Weems parallel to his stage productionsThis 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