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Derek Fordjour, Conspicuous Selection, 2023

Derek Fordjour

Conspicuous Selection, 2023

Wood, velvet, acrylic, gold, resin, glass and rust

40 x 16 x 7 inches
101.6 x 40.6 x 17.8 cm

(DF 23/045)

Derek Fordjour -  - Collect - Petzel Gallery

Derek Fordjour was born in 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee to parents of Ghanaian heritage. He earned a BA at Morehouse College before receiving an MEd in Arts Education at Harvard University and an MFA in painting at Hunter College. He was recently appointed the Alex Katz Chair at Cooper Union and serves as a Core Critic at the Yale School of Art. He was named the 2016 Sugarhill Museum Artist-in-Residence and the 2018 Deutsche Bank NYFA Fellow.

Recently one-person exhibitions were held at the Pond Society, Shanghai; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; and Petzel Gallery, New York. His work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum; Dallas Museum of Art; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Pérez Art Museum Miami; The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York; and Whitney Museum, New York among others. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York commissioned Fordjour to create a series of mosaics for Manhattan’s 145th Street subway station which were unveiled in 2018

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

Derek Fordjour: SELF MUST DIE. Installation view. Petzel Gallery, New York. November 12 - December 19, 2020.

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