Deborah Roberts

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In Episode 27 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the phenomenal artist, DEBORAH ROBERTS!! [This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!] The MOST entertaining guest, the Austin-born and based Deborah is known for combining collage with mixed media in her figurative works that depict the complexity of black subjecthood, and explore themes of race, identity, and gender politics. By using collage, she reflects the beauty, strength, and power but also challenges encountered by young black children, as they strive to build their identity, particularly as they respond to preconceived social constructs perpetuated by the black community. "With collage I can create a more expansive and inclusive view of the black experience." Inspired by Wangechi Mutu and Hannah Höch, Roberts combines a range of different facial features – from James Baldwin to Rihanna – as well skin tones, hairstyles, and a myriad of vibrant outfits. One of the leading artists in America, being in the collections of the Whitney to SF MoMA, the ICA Boston, Studio Museum, Brooklyn Museum, it has only been in the past few years that Roberts has gained the recognition she rightly deserves. i LOVED recording this episode so much. Not only was Deborah hilarious and brilliant, but we also speak about the very serious and very present underlying matters in her work, and how, through art she is helping to rectify the portrayal of young children of colour in the media, and in history. Deborah is a genius, so please do enjoy this episode!! FURTHER LINKS: Follow Deborah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rdeborah191/?hl=en https://www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/51-deborah-roberts/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/arts/design/deborah-roberts-artist-virus-austin.html This episode is sponsored by Alighieri https://alighieri.co.uk/ @alighieri_jewellery Use the code: TGWA for 10% off! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Amber Miller (@amber_m.iller) Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Great Woman Artist podcast. I hope you are all doing well.
0:07.0	I am really delighted that this episode is sponsored by one of my favourite jewellery brands, Alighieri.
0:14.0	During this difficult time, Alighieri will be donating 10% of all online sales to refuge, the country's largest provider of support to women
0:23.9	and children escaping domestic violence. Alighieri is also offering 10% off for Great
0:30.6	Women Artist listeners with the code TGWA at checkout. See www. www.
0:38.3	alegieri.com for more.
0:40.5	Here are a few words
0:41.5	from their founder,
0:42.7	Rosh Matani,
0:43.6	and I hope you enjoy
0:44.7	this episode.
0:47.9	Who is Dante anyway?
0:50.2	I speak a lot about
0:51.1	Dante Aligieri.
0:52.2	My entire brand
0:53.0	is based on the Divine Comedy with one piece to each one of his poems.
0:57.1	But it's always nice to take a step back and think about who Dante was and what he means today in our world of literature and art.
1:04.7	Dante was writing in the 1300s.
1:06.9	He was a poet, a politician, philosopher.
1:10.3	He was also a man, lost in a dark wood, a politician, philosopher. He was also a man lost in a dark wood
1:13.6	in exile from Florence, which is undergoing intense civil war at the time.
1:17.6	He spends the rest of his days in exile longing for Florence, his hometown,
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