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Michael Bergt

I've always been fascinated with the figure beautifully rendered and by pattern and decoration. In my new work, I focus on these two interests: my figure studies are given a context within the designs found in erotic Japanese "Shunga" prints, Persian miniatures and the pattern traditions of Eastern Art: realism and pattern/Eastern and Western aesthetics.

The history of art can be seen as an attempt to balance these two intentions: to create the illusion of three dimensions, or focus more on an interpretive, abstract quality, thereby enhancing pattern and decoration. This reflects the contrast between a literal and symbolic view of the world—confirming what we perceive—contrasted with what we feel about what we perceive.

When you include a narrative, the dynamic becomes even greater. What is the meaning of what we're doing, how does it look, and what pattern does it create? If we relax the need to separate what is real from what is imagined it becomes simply a relationship, and thus gains power. Those relationships are the potentialities from which we construct our culture, our sense of self, and our identity. Time and space are in play, and "play" is the operative word for what I'm doing.

Michael Bergt


Selected Permanent Collections
de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
Arnot Museum of Art, Elmira, New York
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Achenbach Collection, San Francisco, California
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, New Mexico
Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Michigan State University Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan
Fons D'Art del Diari Avui, Barcelona, Spain
St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico


Please contact us for other available works
info@jsauergallery.com

 


 

 

Michael Bergt

"INSIGHT"
Michael Bergt
Egg Tempera and gold leafing on single shaped wood icon panel
14" x 12 "
$6,500
SOLD

Insight

"INSIGHT"
Michael Bergt
Egg Tempera on panel, 22 k. gold, water gilding
40" x 30" (44" x 34" framed)
$30,000
SOLD

Lotus

"LOTUS"
Michael Bergt
Egg Tempera on panel
24" x 18" (30 1/2" x 24 1/2" framed)
$15,000

The Messenger

"THE MESSENGER"
Michael Bergt
Egg Tempera on panel
24" x 18" (34" x 28" framed)
$14,000

Manifestation

"MANIFESTATION"
Michael Bergt
Egg Tempera on panel; varnished with Gamblin Cold Wax Medium
13 1/2" x 24" (18 1/2" x 29" framed)
$12,000

Michael Bergt

"GROWTH"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
18" x 14 1/2" (27" x 23 1/2" framed)
$3,500

Michael Bergt

"SHOOTING STARS"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
28 1/2" x 21 1/2" (37 1/2" x 30 1/2" framed)
$5,000
SOLD

Micheal Bergt

"THE GLANCE"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
20 1/4" x 14 1/2"
$3,800
SOLD

Michael Bergt

"AWAKENING"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
14 1/2" x 21 1/2" (24" x 30 1/2" framed)
$3,250
SOLD

Michael Bergt

"DREAM TIME"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
14 1/2" x 20" (24" x 28 1/4" framed)
$3,000

Michael Bergt

"THE FOREST"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
18" x 14 1/2" (26" x 23 1/4" framed)
$3,000
SOLD

 

Michael Bergt

"DUALITY"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
20 3/4" x 14 1/2" (30 1/4" x 24" framed)
$3,000

Michael Bergt

"SPIRIT"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
19 1/2" x 14 1/2" (28 1/2" x 24" framed)
$3,000
SOLD

Michael Bergt

"A REFLECTION"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
14 3/4" x 21" (24" x 30" framed)
$3,250
SOLD

Blossom

"BLOSSOM"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
24 1/4" x 22 1/2" (16" x 14 1/2" framed)
$3,250

Blue

"BLUE"
Michael Bergt
Color Pencil
17" x 14" (23 1/2" x 20" framed)
$2,500
SOLD

Michael Bergt

"CONTESTING"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
18 1/2" x 14 1/2" (27 3/4" x 23 1/2" framed)
$3,000
SOLD

Crossing Over

"CROSSING OVER"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
13" x 18" (21" x 25 1/2" framed)
$3,000

Emergence

"EMERGENCE"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
20" x 29" (28" x 37" framed)
$5,000

Michael Bergt

"ENTWINED"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
22" x 14 1/2" (30 1/2" x 23 1/2" framed)
$3,250

Guardian

"GUARDIAN"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
20" x 12" (27" x 18" framed)
$3,000

Horizon

"HORIZON"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
20 1/2" x 26 1/2" (28 1/2" x 34 3/4" framed)
$5,000

Insight Study

"INSIGHT STUDY"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
18" x 14 1/2" (26" x 22 1/2" framed)
$3,250
SOLD

Pointing

"POINTING"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
22 1/2" x 29 1/4" (30 3/4" x 37" framed)
$5,000

Reconfiguration

"RECONFIGURATION"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
21 1/2" x 28" (29 1/2" x 36" framed)
$5,000

Tight Rope

"TIGHT ROPE"
Michael Bergt
Color pencil and gouache on toned paper
27 1/4" x 21" (34 1/2" x 28" framed)
$5,000
SOLD

Paradox

"PARADOX"
Edition of 25
Michael Bergt
Bronze casting, Chemical /Heat Patina, Steel fabricated base
25" x 21" x 12" with base
$6,800

Michael Bergt

"PARADOX"
Edition of 12
Michael Bergt
Bronze casting, Chemical /Heat Patina, Steel fabricated base
84" x 62" x 24" with base
$32,500

Spirit & Flesh

"SPIRIT & FLESH"
Edition of 25
Michael Bergt
Bronze casting, chemical/heat patina, steel fabricated base
28" x 21" x 6 1/2" with base
$8,000

Yoga Master

"YOGA MASTER"
Edition of 25 (only 2 remain)
Michael Bergt
Bronze casting, chemical/heat patina, steel fabricated base
38 1/2" x 8" x 12" with base
$6,800

Michael Bergt

"YOGA MASTER"
Edition of 12
Michael Bergt
Bronze casting, Chemical /Heat Patina, Steel fabricated base
89" x 20" x 18" with base
$28,000
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