Crisscrossing
Photo courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Object Label
In this collage, Deborah Roberts constructs the figure of a young Black girl, a pair of clasped hands extending sideways from her patterned blouse and skirt. The fragmented image challenges ideas of beauty, race, and the body and encourages viewers to reconsider the often-reductive ways they see Black youth characterized and represented. Roberts’s work insists upon the complexities of childhood, moving away from stereotypes and societal expectations and toward more expansive understandings of identity.
Caption
Deborah Roberts American, born 1962. Crisscrossing, 2018. Mixed media on paper (paper, acrylic paint, colored pencil and graphite), 50 × 38 1/2 in. (127 × 97.8 cm) frame: 55 × 43 × 2 1/2 in. (139.7 × 109.2 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr., Fund, 2018.12. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photo courtesy Jenkins Johnson Gallery, CUR.2018.12_JenkinsJohsnonGallery_photograph.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Crisscrossing
Date
2018
Medium
Mixed media on paper (paper, acrylic paint, colored pencil and graphite)
Classification
Dimensions
50 × 38 1/2 in. (127 × 97.8 cm) frame: 55 × 43 × 2 1/2 in. (139.7 × 109.2 × 6.4 cm)
Credit Line
William K. Jacobs, Jr., Fund
Accession Number
2018.12
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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