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Robert Berks

Robert Berks in his studio, tributetochildren.org
Robert Berks in his studio, tributetochildren.org
Robert BerksSculptor, American, 1922-2011

Sculptor Robert Berks has created more than three hundred portraits in bronze and more than a dozen monuments. Berk's created the eight-foot head of John F. Kennedy currently on display in Washington's Kennedy Center, smaller busts of Robert Kennedy were also made. Both were created posthumously.

Robert Berks communicates on a grand scale. The facets of Berks's broken surfaces create movement, so that each viewpoint evokes a different aspect of the subject's personality. In effect, the viewer is drawn into a visual dialogue as he confronts each work. Berks's monuments carry this further. They invite viewers to interact; often to touch; sometimes, actually, to climb on them.

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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
1968
Robert Berks
MO 2019.2
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administ…
1965
Robert Berks
MO 63.2394.1
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