Deborah Roberts: A look inside

15 Oct 2021-23 Jan 2022

After the thunder, 2019, Mixed media and collage on paper, 111.8 x 81.3cm (44 x 32in). Framed: 124.5 x 88cm (49 x 34 3/4in).. Credit: Copyright Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Paul Bardagjy.

Overview

The first major European solo exhibition from award-winning US-based artist Deborah Roberts. Combining collage with mixed media, her figurative works critique notions of beauty, the body, race and identity in contemporary society through the lens of Black children in the USA.

Her works on paper and on canvas combine found images, sourced from the internet, with hand-painted details in striking compositions that invite viewers to look closely, to see through the layers. In addition to representational imagery, the artist also makes text works in which she juxtaposes words in ways that expose racism and racial biases entrenched in language and linguistic systems.

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