“I see abstract shapes residing in the formal. Even in the most representational images one can see the underlying abstraction. I’ve always liked work to look like it’s in an indeterminable state of construction or deconstruction, like whatever is happening, it’s happening now – you are witnessing it.”
(Poppy Malby, 'Derrick Adams on the empowerment of black femininity', GQ, 8 February 2020, online)