Deborah Berger

Deborah Berger (1956 – May 21, 2005[1]) was an American artist noted for her oeuvre of brightly colored textile works created in knitting and crochet. She is considered an outsider artist and a prodigy.[2]

Deborah Berger
Born1956 (1956)
New Jersey, USA
DiedMay 21, 2005(2005-05-21) (aged 48–49)
Known for
Movement

Life

Deborah Berger was born in 1956 in New Jersey. Berger was born with autism and attended boarding schools for special needs children in Texas and Pennsylvania.[3]

Work

Deborah Berger started knitting as a young child. By the age of ten she was creating garments for herself.[4] Wearable works are the focus of much of her creative production. Bands of brilliant color: red, lavender, orange, blue and black, build, stripe after stripe, into coats and skirts, and form complex, sculptural masks and headdresses.[5]

Recognition

Berger's work, over 100 pieces including wearable garments, baskets, blankets, games and masks, was discovered by her family after her death in New Orleans in 2005. The New Orleans Museum of Art inventoried the works, and archival documents pertaining to Berger's work and life, and a selection was sent to the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.[4]

Collections and exhibits

Deborah Berger's work is primarily held in the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] Her pieces have been lent to other institutions for exhibitions, including the 2015 exhibit When the Curtain Never Comes Down at the American Folk Art Museum.[6]

References
  1. "B Obituaries Orleans Parish Louisiana". US GenWeb Archives. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. Smith, Roberta (March 26, 2015). "Review: A Strange and Wonderful View of Outsider Art". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. "Our Visionairies: Deborah Berger". American Visionary Art Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. Rousseau (ed.), Valérie. When the Curtain Never Comes Down: Performance Art and the Alter Ego. New York City: American Folk Art Museum. p. 136. ISBN 978-0912161242. Retrieved 7 December 2017.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. Blevins, Beth. "More on Deborah Berger, the autistic knitter". Writing Home. Beth Blevins. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. "Exhibitions: When the Curtain Never Comes Down March 26–July 5, 2015". American Folk Art Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

2015 Behind the Mask: Performance, Ritual, and the Artist

2011 DEBORAH BERGER! CROCHET!!!

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