Derek Fordjour, Fast-Rising Painter, Gets L.A. Gallery Representation at David Kordansky

With his career on the rise, Derek Fordjour, a critically acclaimed painter known for images which grapple with the complexity of race in American society, has joined a new gallery: the Los Angeles–based David Kordansky, which will represent him alongside the likes of Deana Lawson, Rashid Johnson, and Sam Gilliam, among others. The gallery will present a new, monumental piece by Fordjour online in April, followed by a solo exhibition there—his first in Los Angeles—in spring 202