Derrick Adams: Self-Portrait on Float Robert C. Morgan Currin employs classical painting techniques

Currin employs classical painting techniques

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Derrick Adams: Self-Portrait on Float Robert C. Morgan Currin employs classical painting techniquesThis vibrant polychrome woodcut by Derrick Adams depicts the artist in a unicorn shaped pool float, enjoying a moment of aquatic relaxation. It belongs to his series Floaters (2016), which pictures Black figures lounging in water with inflatable toys. For Adams, play and leisure are important aspects of life that are worthy of representation. With a spectrum of colors making up its mane together with details in gold leaf, the unicorn float pictured