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Style Variation 35, 2020. Derrick Adams (American, b. 1970). Acrylic paint and graphite on digital inkjet photograph, on Artex Canvas in custom gold-leafed frame; 245.1 x 153 x 4.4 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York
Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery | Gallery 230 The wig shops in the artist’s Brooklyn neighborhood inspired the nine monumental paintings of wigs on mannequin heads in Derrick Adams: LOOKS.
Hair and wigs carry enormous cultural and political weight in Black culture in particular, rendering them powerful tools for self-representation. Adams seizes on the ability to command one’s image via the change of a wig. He aims to make the desire to be unique and stand out—through the practice he refers to as “costuming”—normal to the broader public.
His paintings do not show generic mannequin heads: the geometry of the faces is individualized with varied skin tones and makeup to ... view more »
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