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, Transmission, 2025. Wood, steel, iron, acrylic and rhinestones, 12 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 8 inches, (31.1 x 73 x 20.3 cm).

A carved wood sculpture by Derek Fordjour titled Transmission featuring four busts of Black men in suits with rhinestone trim, their mouths open mid-song, attached to a crank handle.

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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