Derrick Adams "Welcome to Monument City"
Collette Blanchard Gallery
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Derrick Adams's solo exhibition and debut at the gallery speaks of fallen empires, resilience and childhood impressions. It also speaks of shiny, glittery memories against muted realities, of broken landscapes and those who once resided within. "Welcome to Monument City" draws inspiration from documentaries on ancient civilizations and of societies that end in destruction, left for historians to later cobble together provocative stories of money, power and respect from the scattered evidence that remains. The work is also a reflection on Adams personal witness to the transformation to ruin - architecturally and socially - of his hometown of Baltimore City (designated "Monument City" by President John Quincy Adams in 1827). The exhibition addresses the universal relationship between man and monument, both coexisting in the landscape as a fragmented and distorted representation of each other.
[Image: Derrick Adams "The Root of it All" (2010)]
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from January 23, 2010 to February 28, 2010