Sat March 17, 2018
Deborah Roberts, Uninterrupted
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at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
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February 1, 2017 - March 17, 2018; Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1, 5:30 - 7:30 pm; Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am to 6pm; Saturday 10am-5pm
Jenkins Johnson is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Deborah Roberts. The show will feature multi-media collages that explore issues faced by black girls and women. The opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, February 1, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Roberts states, "Having one's identity dismantled, marginalized and regulated to non-human status demands action. This led me to critically engage image-making in art history and pop-culture, and ultimately grapple with whatever power and authority these images have over the female figure." By combining found and manipulated photographs with paintings and drawings, Roberts creates female portraits that challenge myths and stereotypes attached to young black girls. The multi-layered faces of Roberts' figures exemplify the multiplicity and complexities of black identity, while subverting social ideas that seek to homogenize the black female body. Although they are constructed by photographs of famous individuals, such as Michelle Obama, Willow Smith, and Gloria Steinem, the images are cut and altered beyond recognition to create a portrait that adheres to a more universal beauty standard-one inclusive of women of color. With an eight to ten-year-old young black girl as the protagonist of her work, Roberts confronts the ubiquitous influences of popular culture and visual culture on the minds and bodies of young black girls.
Deborah Roberts was featured in "Fictions" at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Roberts is concurrently exhibiting at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi, through May 19, 2018 and at MASS MOCA in 2019. Her work is in the collections of The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Block Museum of Art, IL; Blanton Museum of Art, TX; Montclair Art Museum, NJ; and The Tang Museum, NY. Roberts earned her MFA as a Syracuse University Research Fellow at Syracuse University, and was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2016.
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Jenkins Johnson is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Deborah Roberts. The show will feature multi-media collages that explore issues faced by black girls and women. The opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, February 1, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Roberts states, "Having one's identity dismantled, marginalized and regulated to non-human status demands action. This led me to critically engage image-making in art history and pop-culture, and ultimately grapple with whatever power and authority these images have over the female figure." By combining found and manipulated photographs with paintings and drawings, Roberts creates female portraits that challenge myths and stereotypes attached to young black girls. The multi-layered faces of Roberts' figures exemplify the multiplicity and complexities of black identity, while subverting social ideas that seek to homogenize the black female body. Although they are constructed by photographs of famous individuals, such as Michelle Obama, Willow Smith, and Gloria Steinem, the images are cut and altered beyond recognition to create a portrait that adheres to a more universal beauty standard-one inclusive of women of color. With an eight to ten-year-old young black girl as the protagonist of her work, Roberts confronts the ubiquitous influences of popular culture and visual culture on the minds and bodies of young black girls.
Deborah Roberts was featured in "Fictions" at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Roberts is concurrently exhibiting at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi, through May 19, 2018 and at MASS MOCA in 2019. Her work is in the collections of The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Block Museum of Art, IL; Blanton Museum of Art, TX; Montclair Art Museum, NJ; and The Tang Museum, NY. Roberts earned her MFA as a Syracuse University Research Fellow at Syracuse University, and was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2016.
February 1, 2017 - March 17, 2018; Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1, 5:30 - 7:30 pm; Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am to 6pm; Saturday 10am-5pm
Jenkins Johnson is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Deborah Roberts. The show will feature multi-media collages that explore issues faced by black girls and women. The opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, February 1, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Roberts states, "Having one's identity dismantled, marginalized and regulated to non-human status demands action. This led me to critically engage image-making in art history and pop-culture, and ultimately grapple with whatever power and authority these images have over the female figure." By combining found and manipulated photographs with paintings and drawings, Roberts creates female portraits that challenge myths and stereotypes attached to young black girls. The multi-layered faces of Roberts' figures exemplify the multiplicity and complexities of black identity, while subverting social ideas that seek to homogenize the black female body. Although they are constructed by photographs of famous individuals, such as Michelle Obama, Willow Smith, and Gloria Steinem, the images are cut and altered beyond recognition to create a portrait that adheres to a more universal beauty standard-one inclusive of women of color. With an eight to ten-year-old young black girl as the protagonist of her work, Roberts confronts the ubiquitous influences of popular culture and visual culture on the minds and bodies of young black girls.
Deborah Roberts was featured in "Fictions" at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Roberts is concurrently exhibiting at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi, through May 19, 2018 and at MASS MOCA in 2019. Her work is in the collections of The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Block Museum of Art, IL; Blanton Museum of Art, TX; Montclair Art Museum, NJ; and The Tang Museum, NY. Roberts earned her MFA as a Syracuse University Research Fellow at Syracuse University, and was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2016.
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Jenkins Johnson is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Deborah Roberts. The show will feature multi-media collages that explore issues faced by black girls and women. The opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, February 1, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Roberts states, "Having one's identity dismantled, marginalized and regulated to non-human status demands action. This led me to critically engage image-making in art history and pop-culture, and ultimately grapple with whatever power and authority these images have over the female figure." By combining found and manipulated photographs with paintings and drawings, Roberts creates female portraits that challenge myths and stereotypes attached to young black girls. The multi-layered faces of Roberts' figures exemplify the multiplicity and complexities of black identity, while subverting social ideas that seek to homogenize the black female body. Although they are constructed by photographs of famous individuals, such as Michelle Obama, Willow Smith, and Gloria Steinem, the images are cut and altered beyond recognition to create a portrait that adheres to a more universal beauty standard-one inclusive of women of color. With an eight to ten-year-old young black girl as the protagonist of her work, Roberts confronts the ubiquitous influences of popular culture and visual culture on the minds and bodies of young black girls.
Deborah Roberts was featured in "Fictions" at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Roberts is concurrently exhibiting at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi, through May 19, 2018 and at MASS MOCA in 2019. Her work is in the collections of The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Block Museum of Art, IL; Blanton Museum of Art, TX; Montclair Art Museum, NJ; and The Tang Museum, NY. Roberts earned her MFA as a Syracuse University Research Fellow at Syracuse University, and was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2016.
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