“What can I reveal that has not been shown?” the artist Derrick Adams asks. “Black people—not entertaining, just being, living. Letting people deal with that as reality.” Adams paints scenes of everyday life in a semi-abstract style, using Cubist geometries and riotous color to explore the richness of Black experience. Raised in Baltimore, he moved to New York City in 1992 to study at Pratt Institute. Since then, he has held teaching positions while developing monumental mixed-media installations—works that are joyful, formally accomplished, and more layered than they first appear. —Elena Clavarino