“Sonic Boom,” named after a Historically Black College’s famous marching band, “will have particular resonance in communities of color,” the artist said.
Derek Fordjour
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Derek Fordjour Conjures a Heavenly World
In “Self Must Die,” Fordjour’s penchant for lush colors and surfaces dovetails with the theme of churchified rituals of remembrance.
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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Looking at the imagery is like reviewing a memory bank.”
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Derek Fordjour Considers the Precariousness of Shelter
As many grapple with the tension between confinement and the privilege of security, Fordjour’s artworks offer opportunities for relief from, and for contemplation of the uncertainty that lies beyond.
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Wandering the Artist Studios of Dumbo
Open studios events allow a type of intimacy with an artist’s work that is rare.
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A Dreamy Carnival at the Children’s Museum in Harlem
Derek Fordjour’s impish and touching installation is so chock-a-block with the minute details of Fordjour’s making that I feel I’m inhabiting his dreamscape