{"id":824,"date":"2025-03-20T13:26:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:46:48","slug":"robert-peterson-summons-black-resilience-and-tenderness-in-vibrant-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/robert-peterson-summons-black-resilience-and-tenderness-in-vibrant-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Peterson Summons Black Resilience and Tenderness in Vibrant Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In characteristically glistening blue hues, Robert Peterson<\/a>\u2019s striking portraits invite us into emotionally complex inner worlds.<\/p>\n

Peterson centers the Black body in paintings that challenge dominant narratives surrounding Black lives, celebrating beauty, compassion, and resilience. Tender portraits reveal the essential humanity of vulnerability and individuality with an emphasis on themes of empathy and togetherness.<\/p>\n

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“Protect Those Tears” (2025), oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peterson’s choice of oils, a traditional portrait medium, embeds his work in the continuum of Western painting. However, instead of highly stylized scenes or elaborate ornamentation, his figures are often set against bold, flat backgrounds and they appear half-dressed or in casual clothes, unguarded and relaxed.<\/p>\n

In his forthcoming solo exhibition, We Are Forever <\/em>at albertz benda<\/a>, Peterson examines familial connections, paying homage to the strength and dedication inherent in the relationships between siblings and parents and their children.<\/p>\n

“At the core of this new body of work is a profound sense of intimacy, offering a thoughtful reflection on presence and the enduring significance of his subjects’ stories,” the gallery says.<\/p>\n

We Are Forever <\/em>runs from March 27 to May 3 in New York. Find more on the artist’s website<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Untitled (Purple)” (2025), oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Water Me” (2025), oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Hamsa Tattoo” (2025, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Untitled (Black)” (2025), oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Installation view of works at the Dallas Art Fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In characteristically glistening blue hues, Robert Peterson\u2019s striking portraits invite us into emotionally complex inner worlds. Peterson centers the Black body in paintings that challenge dominant narratives surrounding Black lives, celebrating beauty, compassion, and resilience. Tender portraits reveal the essential humanity of vulnerability and individuality with an emphasis on themes of empathy and togetherness. “Protect Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}