When he first conceived of “Nightsong,” Fordjour had no idea it would arrive at a time of erasure under the government’s anti-DEI measures.

Derek Fordjour, Motor Town Miracle, 2025. Acrylic, charcoal, cardboard, oil pastel and foil on newspaper mounted on canvas, 74 x 98 inches (188 x 248.9 cm).

A mixed-media painting by Derek Fordjour titled Motor Town Miracle portraying a couple sitting on the hood of a turquoise car in front of Detroit-style houses with a Motown group standing nearby.

At David Kordansky Gallery in LA, Derek Fordjour’s “Nightsong” in on through Oct. 11.

When he first conceived of “Nightsong,” Fordjour had no idea it would arrive at a time of erasure under the government’s anti-DEI measures.
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