Deborah Roberts Artist Book. Her work has been exhibited internationally across the us and europe. Roberts’s work is in the collections of the whitney museum of american art, new york;
Use the menu above to explore my work. Deborah roberts “from feet to wings (nessun dorma series),” 2018 mixed media collage on canvas 65 x 45 [hxw] (165.1 x 114.3 cm) courtesy of the artist and vielmetter los angeles As you step inside the stephen friedman gallery in mayfair, london, fragmented black bodies stare back at you.
The american artist deborah roberts critiques the representation of black identity and femininity in the media through her dynamic, hybrid images comprised of appropriated photos, imagined patterns and painted details.
The studio museum in harlem, new york; The evolution of mimi, spelman college museum of fine arts, atlanta, ga. One of eight children, roberts often felt overlooked or not fully recognized growing up. “and how black women were seen in the world, in the western ideal of beauty.