Juris Bergins
Bergins’ success was aided by his strong, recognizable style and the content of his work. With equally strong forms and graphic sensibilities. Bergins’ work is visually potent, often employing vivid primary colors, strong contrasts, and their juxtaposition with realistic, black and white imagery.The artist’s work is also powered by sociopolitical and historically charged content, the work often mixes obvious historical references with ambiguous cultural and personal references, Bergins’ achieved his aesthetic, with combinations of porcelain, image transfers, glaze, and china paints.
Although Bergins’ ascent began in the mid-to-late 80s, when restraints on the creative environment had weakened, Bergins’ work offers some of the earliest, most explicit sociopolitical commentary. The uniqueness of this artist’s work is undeniable.
Juris Bergins is a ceramist living in Latvia who graduated in design from the Art Academy of Riga in 1985. Originally a mural and portrait painter, he has been exhibiting since 1985 and his ceramic works are in many Baltic collections. In the winter of 1992, he was a resident artist in the ceramics program at the Banff Centre and has been represented in the Contemporary East European Ceramics exhibition in Philadelphia. His work uses popular forms to symbolize the politics of daily life. …
Bergins’ success was aided by his strong, recognizable style and the content of his work. With equally strong forms and graphic sensibilities. Bergins’ work is visually potent, often employing vivid primary colors, strong contrasts, and their juxtaposition with realistic, black and white imagery.The artist’s work is also powered by sociopolitical and historically charged content, the work often mixes obvious historical references with ambiguous cultural and personal references, Bergins’ achieved his aesthetic, with combinations of porcelain, image transfers, glaze, and china paints.
Although Bergins’ ascent began in the mid-to-late 80s, when restraints on the creative environment had weakened, Bergins’ work offers some of the earliest, most explicit sociopolitical commentary. The uniqueness of this artist’s work is undeniable.
Juris Bergins is a ceramist living in Latvia who graduated in design from the Art Academy of Riga in 1985. Originally a mural and portrait painter, he has been exhibiting since 1985 and his ceramic works are in many Baltic collections. In the winter of 1992, he was a resident artist in the ceramics program at the Banff Centre and has been represented in the Contemporary East European Ceramics exhibition in Philadelphia. His work uses popular forms to symbolize the politics of daily life.
Juris Bergins investigates the human toll of the former Soviet regime. Eastern Europe has always been fascinated with capitalism, but now there is a growing concern about the real costs of having Western luxuries.
