Robert Berks
Sculptor, American, 1922-2011
Place of DeathNew York, New York, United States
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.
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.