Deborah Roberts

Head Nods and Handshakes

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About this artwork

Roberts’s collages engage with race and gender politics and the complicated narratives of African American history, as well as art history. She draws from popular culture, combining found and manipulated images with drawn and painted details to create composite figures. Interested in how young bodies convey vulnerability, but also a naïve strength, Roberts typically depicts adolescents.  

Published November 2021

  • artist:
  • title:
    Head Nods and Handshakes
  • date created:
    2019
  • materials:
    Mixed media on panel
  • measurements:
    76.20 x 56.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Gift of Simon Kinberg and Cleo Wade, courtesy of the American Patrons of the National Library and National Galleries of Scotland, 2023
  • accession number:
    GMA 5815
  • gallery:
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Deborah Roberts

Deborah Roberts