Jimm Roberts: Southernmost Artist Portraits Pairings from the Dr. Phillips Foundation and Orlando Museum of Art Collections

This exhibition presents a selection of portrait photographs of internationally renowned artists who were living in Florida during the last decades of the 20th century paired with artworks by these artists from the Orlando Museum of Art Collection. Jimm Roberts’s extraordinary archive of photographs was created over the course of 20 years, during which time he interviewed these exceptional individuals and documented them in their studios and working environments. The project provides new insight into their artistic practices and personalities, while also recognizing an important chapter in Florida’s cultural history.  Included in the exhibition are portraits of some of the most influential artists of their generation. Among them are John Chamberlain, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. The OMA is grateful to the Dr. Phillips Charities for their gift of this collection of portraits by Jimm Roberts.