Fortune of the spirit: Robert Bergman

Abstract

"In this catalogue and retrospective exhibition, organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art ... we have a unique opportunity to explore for the first time the breadth of Bergman's long career: a chance to see his most notable works--the color portraits--in the context of his early experiments with black-and-white abstraction, his work in the popular genre of street photography, and his large-scale color abstractions." -- Preface, page 9.

Contents

Plates I : Prelude -- "How easily the blown banners change to wings" / John Rohrbach -- Plates II : Journey -- Plates III : A Kind of Rapture -- Subject, photographer, viewer, and the obliteration of context / Andrew Soloman -- In their wake : thoughts on Robert Bergman's portraits / Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa -- Painting with a camera / Will Heinrich -- Plates IV : Spirit.