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The complex issues of violence

Derek Fordjour uses imagery of carnivals, sporting contests, casinos, and games to grapple with complex issues like race and societal inequality in a visually rich and accessible way.  Derek Fordjour is an American interdisciplinary artist who works in video/film, sculpture and painting. Fordjour received an MFA from Hunter College, an Ed. M in Arts Education from Harvard University, and a B.A. degree from Morehouse College. Fordjour is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Derek Fordjour reflects on the current national reckoning with mass shootings, and the relentless threat of violence against Black and Brown bodies. With Half Mast, Derek Fordjour debuts a new work that reflects on the current national reckoning with mass shootings, and the relentless threat of violence against Black and Brown bodies. A portrait of this divided moment in U.S. history, Half Mast presents law officers, students, and ordinary civilians in one compressed, shared space. Alongside teddy bears and balloons reminiscent of street-side memorials, some figures appear marked with targets while others have been reduced to silhouettes. Fordjour’s image holds no one person or group responsible for the violence, even as it speaks to loss and abuse of power.
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