Derek Fordjour at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

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Maybe its people become decoration, subsumed to the overarching command of DESIGN.
There is a predicament of individuality, as people become uniforms, bodies become composition. Hands up comforts those in power. "The repair and disrepair of the canvas reflects the conditions of abandonment and scarcity present in the artist’s upbringing in the South." The hardship that is reclaimed like wood for collectors.


See too: Purvis Young at James Fuentes, Derek Fordjour at Night Gallery

Derek Fordjour at Night Gallery

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The uniform, the fanfare, the confetti and costumes all covering the brown support. Something doesn't sit quite right with these, no? The rosy glass peered through as a pervasive decorative function, a nostalgia that doesn't quite align? The prep school outfits, the white gloves. The lovely color looked through. Something.