Untitled, Indianapolis, Indiana | Phil Bergerson
2005
15 x 15 inches (25 x 23.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Since 1995, Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has made dozens of extended road trips, criss-crossing the United States in search of the “American Dream.” Drawing upon the social-landscape tradition, Bergerson found his material amid the melancholic detritus of the contemporary city: in modest store window displays, hand-painted murals, graffiti, and crudely made signs. This photograph, from his series Shards of America, was, like much of his work created from the perspective of an “empathetic neighbour.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1947 in Toronto
Lives and works in Toronto
Phil Bergerson has been photographing and exhibiting internationally for over thirty-five years. He has been awarded several Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants and his photographs have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Walrus, and Toronto Life. His book Shards of America was published in 2004. Now an emeritus professor, Bergerson taught photography at Ryerson University from 1975 until his retirement in 2005.
Selected solo exhibitions: “New York, 2001–02,” MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON (2016); “Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (2014); “American Shards,” MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON (2013); “Shards of America,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR (2007); “Shards of America,” Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa (2004)
Selected group exhibitions: “Window / Vitrine,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2016); “The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography,” New Orleans Museum of Art, traveled to Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, and Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2009–11); “Digs in the Zone,” Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Le Mois de La Photo, Montreal (2005)
Selected public collections: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2005
15 x 15 inches (25 x 23.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Since 1995, Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has made dozens of extended road trips, criss-crossing the United States in search of the “American Dream.” Drawing upon the social-landscape tradition, Bergerson found his material amid the melancholic detritus of the contemporary city: in modest store window displays, hand-painted murals, graffiti, and crudely made signs. This photograph, from his series Shards of America, was, like much of his work created from the perspective of an “empathetic neighbour.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1947 in Toronto
Lives and works in Toronto
Phil Bergerson has been photographing and exhibiting internationally for over thirty-five years. He has been awarded several Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants and his photographs have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Walrus, and Toronto Life. His book Shards of America was published in 2004. Now an emeritus professor, Bergerson taught photography at Ryerson University from 1975 until his retirement in 2005.
Selected solo exhibitions: “New York, 2001–02,” MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON (2016); “Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (2014); “American Shards,” MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON (2013); “Shards of America,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR (2007); “Shards of America,” Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa (2004)
Selected group exhibitions: “Window / Vitrine,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2016); “The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography,” New Orleans Museum of Art, traveled to Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, and Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2009–11); “Digs in the Zone,” Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Le Mois de La Photo, Montreal (2005)
Selected public collections: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2005
15 x 15 inches (25 x 23.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Since 1995, Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has made dozens of extended road trips, criss-crossing the United States in search of the “American Dream.” Drawing upon the social-landscape tradition, Bergerson found his material amid the melancholic detritus of the contemporary city: in modest store window displays, hand-painted murals, graffiti, and crudely made signs. This photograph, from his series Shards of America, was, like much of his work created from the perspective of an “empathetic neighbour.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1947 in Toronto
Lives and works in Toronto
Phil Bergerson has been photographing and exhibiting internationally for over thirty-five years. He has been awarded several Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council grants and his photographs have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Walrus, and Toronto Life. His book Shards of America was published in 2004. Now an emeritus professor, Bergerson taught photography at Ryerson University from 1975 until his retirement in 2005.
Selected solo exhibitions: “New York, 2001–02,” MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON (2016); “Emblems and Remnants of the American Dream,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (2014); “American Shards,” MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON (2013); “Shards of America,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR (2007); “Shards of America,” Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa (2004)
Selected group exhibitions: “Window / Vitrine,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2016); “The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography,” New Orleans Museum of Art, traveled to Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, and Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2009–11); “Digs in the Zone,” Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Le Mois de La Photo, Montreal (2005)
Selected public collections: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB