Things disappear. Sometimes things disappear
as the result of an accident. Sometimes neglect
causes things to disappear. Sometimes things
are intentionally made to disappear. One’s
understanding of disappearance is the result of a
specific perspective. In reality most things do not
disappear they simply transform. When they are
transformed beyond recognition they are said to
have disappeared.
2008
All Good Things” was the name of the recent exhibition held at the Dean Project in New York,
showcasing the work of artists Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers. The work comprised a series of
sculptures in ceramic, designed as wall hangings, which tell the story of how all “good things” must
slowly and inevitable come to an end: ice-cream sandwiches which are eaten, dinosaurs which
become extinct, and so on. We find the way the two artists play with 3-dimesntionality and sensual
qualities of ceramic of particular interest, with this type of colourful bas-reliefs treading the file line
between paintings and sculpture.
ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS…, 2007
Lacquered Wood
42 x 90 x 7 (hwd)
GET ‘EM ‘FORE THEY’RE GONE, 2007
EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!, 2008
Where Art and Food Collide: An Interview with Artists
Timothy Berg and Rebekah Myers
By Suzanne Lenzer
http://artsetoile.com/2009/04/16/amuse-bouche™weekly-musings-on-food-life-3/
ARTIST STATEMENT
Our objective is to distill the stereotypical perceptions and associations within our
culture into visually compelling objects, sculptures and installations. Whether we
are creating an installation describing the impending doom of the dinosaurs or a
valise filled with gold lucky charms our iconography is drawn from the animals,
objects and/or situations that operate as commonplace tropes within our culture.
We take these generic stand-ins and invest them with multiple meanings through
humorous allusions. The aesthetic decisions we make are informed by the
consumer culture we inhabit and our desire to create ultra-smooth forms and
high gloss finishes that seduce the viewer. Although each individual piece we
create may be understood on it’s own terms, the pieces within each exhibition
reinforce one another and manifest connections, which make the whole greater
than the sum of its parts.
Between a Rock, 2008
SOUVENIRS
FOOD AND THE ART OF CONSUMPTION
Here today, gone tomorrow, 2010
Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers
Fiberglas, wood, paint
70 x 70 x 11 inches (hwd)
Available in five flavors: grape, cherry, orange,
lime and blue raspberry
edition of 20
BEGOVICH GALLERY, CAL STATE FULLERTON,
800 N. STATE COLLEGE BLVD., FULLERTON
ARTIST STATEMENT
Sometimes we fracture things in search of something intangible, like breaking a
wishbone for luck. These actions present us with an opportunity to conjure up
some sense of control over the uncontrollable. We like to think we can control our
fortunes through the coercion of objects or rituals hoping luck will favor us and
blaming it when circumstances go awry. Sometimes we fracture something in
search of something tangible, like breaking into a klondike bar to get to the tasty
ice cream center. Unexpected discoveries through the process of fracture are not
uncommon and can be exciting or disappointing depending on what one values.
Much of this work is a meditation on value; what one values and how and why
one might value the things that one does. This body of work is meant to provoke
the audience to consider a world on the brink of fracture and our place within that
world.
All that glitters, 2011
Fiberglass, paint, ceramic, faux gold
leaf 28 x 52 x 13 inches (hwd)
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, 2009
Laquered wood, ceramic 13 x 65 x 5.5
inches (hwd)
EXHIBITION REVIEW
Consuming ourselves to death: The art of Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers by Eleanor
Heartney
http://deanproject.com/e-heartey-berg_myers_essay.html