Author Description

Derrick Adams is a multidisciplinary artist who depicts a world where Black joy, love, leisure, and even prosaic normalcy play central roles. Derrick Adams: Buoyant is the first museum exhibition of Adams's Floaters series and debuts We Came to Party and Plan, new related works the artist created during his summer 2019 Rauschenberg Residency. Derrick Adams: Buoyant is organized by the Hudson River Museum, and co-curated by James E. Bartlett, founder of OpenArt, and Laura Vookles, Chair of the HRM's Curatorial Department.