Community members gathered today to celebrate the opening of the rehabilitated LIRR Nostrand Avenue station with vibrant artwork by Derrick Adams. āAround the Wayā (2019) is a bold and playful depiction of city life, fabricated in laminated glass by Depp Glass. Drawing from aerial photos, maps of the nearby Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods, and personal history, Adams employs his signature color-blocking and patterning style to reimagine the community. He inserted fanciful imagery such as sprouting trees from the palms of the figures to symbolize the importance of nature in the city. Adams said, Ā āAs a longtime resident, I was inspired to create this work as a response to the vibrant cultural surroundings and diverse population which I see in motion on a daily basis. The figures fuse with architecture and nature as a representation of the progressive impact left by generations of growth. These hybrid structures represent the many important components which reside together to form a thriving community."Ā Ā
