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Author: Rochelle Roberts

Rochelle Roberts is a writer based in London. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming with Visual Verse, Severine, Eye Flash Poetry, Merak magazine, Streetcake magazine and blood orange. In 2019 her poem On Being an Angel, inspired by Francesca Woodman's photography, was shortlisted for Streetcake magazine's Experimental Writing Prize. By day, Rochelle works as Assistant Editor for the art publisher Lund Humphries. You can read her work on her website or follow her on Twitter (@rochellerart) and Instagram (@rocheller).

It All Comes Down at the Barbican

10th March 202110th March 2021  Rochelle Roberts

Bringing together thirteen emerging artists between the ages of 16-25, the Barbican’s latest exhibition, It All Comes Down, explores how young people navigate the world and approach their artistic practise during the pandemic.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Annie Lee, Arabella Turner, art, Barbican, Barbican Centre, Becca Lynes, Dada, Defne Ozdenoren, Film, Jordan Robertson, Lay Stevens, Lockdown, Molly Morphew, Photography, Rebecca Cromwell, Rochelle Roberts, Safiye Grey, Sam Ahern, Sneha Alexander, Surrealism, Vangelis Trichias, Young Visual Arts Group

Postcards in Isolation 28: Somaya Critchlow and Dorothea Tanning’s Interior with Sudden Joy, 1951

15th October 202015th October 2020  Rochelle Roberts

In the final postcard of her series, Rochelle Roberts reflects on the last few months since the first lockdown, and finds comfort and hope in the artwork of Somaya Critchlow and Dorothea Tanning’s Interior with Sudden Joy, 1951.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: BHM, BHM 2020, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Dorothea Tanning, Lockdown Living, Love and Hip Hop, Maximillian William Gallery, Postcards in Isolation, Rochelle Roberts, Somaya Critchlow, Underneath a Bebop Moon

Postcards in Isolation 4: Dorothea Tanning, Birthday, 1942

2nd May 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

For the fourth piece in her continued series, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Dorothea Tanning’s monumental and transformative self-portrait, Birthday, 1942, and considers the prospect of the end to coronavirus.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: 31 Women, Alyce Mahon, Ann Coxon, Covid-19, Dorothea Tanning, Lilias Wigan, Lund Humphries, Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, Postcards in Isolation, Surrealism, Surrealists, Tate Modern, Victoria Carruthers

Postcards in Isolation 3: Eileen Agar, Angel of Anarchy, 1936-40

20th April 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

In her third piece from a self-conceived series, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Eileen Agar’s Angel of Anarchy, 1936-40, a striking and evocative object that embodies current feelings of sadness, inaccessibility and loneliness.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Angel of Anarchy, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Eileen Agar, Joseph Bard, Lockdown Living, Pallant House, Patricia Allmer, Postcards in Isolation, Surrealism, Surrealists, Tate, Tate Modern

Postcards in Isolation 2: Dorothy Cross, Virgin Shroud, 1993

14th April 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

In these times of social distancing and remote learning, visual art can still offer us consolation. Here, as part of her second piece in a rolling self-conceived series, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Dorothy Cross’ sculpture, Virgin Shroud, 1993.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Corona Virus, Covid-19, Dorothy Cross, Postcards in Isolation, Rochelle Roberts, Virgin Shroud

Postcards in Isolation 1: Claude Cahun, Self-Portrait (as weight trainer), 1927

29th March 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

During these times of self-isolation and remote learning, visual art can still be a source of inspiration. Here, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Claude Cahun’s notable work, Self-Portrait (as weight trainer).

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Adrian Searle, Barbican Art Gallery, Claude Cahun, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Gillian Wearing, Louise Downie, Marcel Moore, National Portrait Gallery, Pallant House, Postcards in Isolation, Rosalind Krauss, Surrealism, Surrealists
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