I have always loved the road – driving, being driven, road movies, whatever. The road is, of course, a metaphor for freedom, for the great wide open, and inevitably one thinks of America. But even a British motorway or bypass can give me this sense of expectation and escape. I have an old copy of Eye magazine, and in it is reproduced an illustration by John Berry of a police car pulling out of a parking bay, crossing a double yellow line, and joining the main road. This is enough for me!
D J Roberts’s practice includes painting, drawing, performance, and public interventions. Notable solo exhibitions feature An Enormous Yes at Bobinska Brownlee New River, London (2022), Larkinworld at the University of Hull (2022), and Here and Now at Bobinska Brownlee New River (2021). Group exhibitions include Intensity at the House of Saint Barnabas, London (2018); L’Osservatorio at the Canal at London Art Fair (2018); and Postcards from the Edge at Sikkema Jenkins, New York (2016). His work was also part of Fall of the Rebel Angels in Venice (2015). Lives and works in London.
