This eye-catching wall installation explores American pop culture from a Black perspective, exploring the commodification of the Black body in media, the complex discourse surrounding beauty, and displays of traditional masculinity. In Adams’ largest print project to date, Eye Candy has decontextualized the image of an underwear model from an advertisement in an early issue of Ebony magazine. The large-scale installation transforms the McNay’s AT&T Lobby wall with brightly colored wallpaper and six panels featuring the same Black male figure, each dressed in a different colored set of clothing. A collage element depicting a lollipop covers one eye of the man as he gazes out at the viewer.
Derrick Adams: Eye Candy is organized for the McNay Art Museum by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs.
Support is provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992.
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