First published 2019
This comprehensive catalog documents the groundbreaking exhibition of Deborah Roberts' artwork at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art from January through May 2018. Editor Andrea Barnwell Brownlee brings together scholarly essays from Kirsten Pai Buick, Erin J. Gilbert, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Antwaun Sargent, and Franklin Sirmans. The publication features a foreword by Mary Schmidt Campbell and an illuminating conversation between Roberts and curator Valerie Cassel Oliver. Full-color reproductions showcase more than 80 works from the exhibition alongside installation photographs. The catalog traces Roberts' artistic development from her earliest pieces through her recent collage work and text-based imagery. Support came from the Wish Foundation, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, and Stephen Friedman Gallery. This marks the first major publication dedicated to Roberts' practice, offering readers comprehensive access to her evolving visual language and conceptual concerns.
Genres: biography, art, african-american, biography-memoir, 21st-century, art-history
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Los Angeles, Stephen Friedman Gallery
Period: January through May 2018
160 pages · Hardcover · Georgia Museum of Art and Spelman College Museum of Fine Art