Exhibition of large-scale works on paper by Derrick Adams on view at Rhona Hoffman Gallery
Installation view.
CHICAGO, IL
.-Rhona Hoffman Gallery is presenting The Last Resort, the gallerys fourth solo exhibition with Brooklyn-based artist Derrick Adams (b. 1970, Baltimore, MD). Culminating the artists series Floaters, which began in 2015, the collection of large-scale works on paper present the final chapter in Adams feeling investigation into depictions of Black leisure. Each completed in 2020, six of the paintings on view renew Adams signature use of exuberant color blocking figuration to introduce the idle time of Black bodies in compositions that are joyous, abundant, and radical in their refusal of tragedy. Alongside these works, a number of intimate watercolorswhose treatment is loose, delicate, and softfeature bathers resting upon fantastical inflatables of swans, unicorns, and rainbows.