Gerry Bergstein: Effort at Speech

Effort at Speech, 1983
oil on canvas
Collection Danforth Museum of Art

November 18, 2009 – March 14, 2010

Opening Reception Saturday, November 21, 6 pm – 8 pm
Gallery Talks Sunday, December 6, 3 pm & Wednesday, January 6, 12 pm
Gallery NAGA Talk: Painting Broke My Heart, Saturday, December 5, 2pm

The Danforth Museum of Art is pleased to present a twenty-year survey of work by artist, Gerry Bergstein. The exhibit will be on view from November 21, 2009 through February 28, 2010. It will officially open with a special public reception honoring all winter exhibiting artists on Saturday November 21st, 6-8pm. All are welcome to attend.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition
Gerry Bergstein: Elements of Style
Gallery NAGA, November 13–December 19

About the Artist

Gerry Bergstein is a key figure in Boston painting and has been for over twenty years. During his studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the early 1980’s, Bergstein was mentored by the renowned Boston Expressionist artist, Henry Schwartz. The guidance and inspiration provided by Schwartz lead to Bergstein’s inclusion among the great lineage of Boston Expressionist artists.

Gerry Bergstein’s work has been collected by major museums in this region and by private collectors internationally and was the subject of a mid-career retrospective at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. He has been on faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts for over two decades.