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As a young Black artist studying at Columbia University in New York, Derrick Adams made a discovery that would impact his career forever. “The unfortunate side of being a Black person is that everything you make is political,” he told CNN at the opening of his latest exhibition. “You make flowers, it’s political. You make rainbows, you make butterflies, it’s political. When I came to that realization in (school) it actually freed me up, because I didn’t have to think about being political… I’m walking politics.”
In “Situation Comedy,” on show at the Gagosian gallery in London, running until March 22, it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of…
