Twenty Years of Art / Work
Deborah Roberts

2023
239 pages, color
12.5" x 9.1" (31.75 x 23.11 cm) 
hardcover

Published by Radius Books

The definitive look at two decades of work by Austin-based artist Deborah Roberts (born 1962) with newly commissioned texts and a thorough dive into her archive, this monograph offers a comprehensive view of one of today's most significant social observers.

An extensive plate section is accompanied by a heartfelt foreword from Dawoud Bey on "the tragic mischaracterization of Black children"; an insightful essay from Ekow Eshun on the social and political histories of innocence, race and the fractured nature of the contemporary Black experience; a celebratory tribute from author and artist Carolyn Jean Martin on the musicality, humility and generosity of Roberts' practice; and a free-ranging conversation between Roberts and cultural historian Sarah Elizabeth Lewis.