Roberta Bernstein

Education

1975 Columbia University: Ph.D., Art History

1966 University of Massachusetts, Amherst: B.A., German

Current Position

1986 to present Professor, University at Albany
(Art Department Chair since 1994)

Areas of Specialization

Late Twentieth Century Art
Modern European painting and Sculpture

Selected Publications

Book

Jasper Johns' Paintings and Sculptures 1954-1974: "The Changing Focus of the Eye" (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1985).

Essays and Articles

"Seeing a Thing Can Sometimes Trigger the Mind to Make Another Thing," Essay in Jasper Johns: A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue), The Museum of Modern Art, New York; distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1996.
"Ellsworth Kelly's Multipanel Paintings," Essay in Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996.

Essay for Marisol: Retrospective Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), Hakone Open-Air Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Iwaki City Art Museum; Kagoshima City Museum of Art, Japan, 1995. "Jasper Johns' The Seasons: Records of Time," in Jasper Johns The Seasons (exhibition catalogue), Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, 1991.

"Ellsworth Kelly: multipaneled paintings," Artstudio: Special Ellsworth Kelly (Spring 1992), 72-91

Essay for Ellsworth Kelly: At Right Angles 1964-1966, (exhibition catalogue), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los angeles, CA, 1991

"Jasper Johns' The Seasons: Records of Time," in Jasper Johns The Seasons (exhibition catalogue), Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, 1991

"Marisol," in Marisol: Recent Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo, 1989

"Introduction," in Rauschenberg: The White and Black Paintings 1949-52 (exhibition catalogue), Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York, 1986

"Warhol as Printmaker," in Andy Warhol Prints, ed. F. Feldman and J. Schellman; Introduction by Henry Geldzahler (New York: Abbeville Press, 1985 & 1989).

"Marisol's Self-Portraits: The Dream and the Dreamer," Arts Magazine, LXI, 7 (March 1985), 86-89.

"Marisol as Portraitist: Artists and Artistes," Arts Magazine, LV, 9 (May 1981), 112-115

"An Interview with Jasper Johns," in Fragments: Incompletion and Discontinuity, New York Literary Forum, New York, 1981, 279-290

The Joy of Ornament: The Prints of Robert Kushner," The Print Collector's Newsletter, X

Rauschenberg's Rebus," Arts Magazine, LII, 5 (January 1978), 198-141

"Johns and Beckett: 'Foirades/Fizzles'," The Print Collector's NewsletterI, VII, 5 (November-December 1976), 141-145

"Cy Twombly's Recent Prints,"The Print Collector's Newsletter, VI, 6 (January-February 1976), 146-52

Recent Presentations and Public Lectures

"Totems, Casts, and Fragments: Sculpting the Figure in the late Twentieth Century," lecture at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, February 1998.

"Separations and Connections: Jasper Johns's Paintings and Prints," lecture for Symposium at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, January 1998.

"A Commitment to American Art: Johns, Rauschenberg, and Stella," lecture for Symposium on "A Life of Collecting: Victor and Sally Ganz," Christies, New York, October 1997.

"Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments of Vision," lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 1997.

"Ellsworth Kelly: Recent Sculpture," lecture at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, January 1997.

"Jasper Johns's Prints," presentation for the Print Council, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 1996.

Art Department
(518) 442-4020
art@cnsunix.albany.edu University at Albany
State University of New York
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222

Education
1975	Columbia University: Ph.D., Art History
1966	University of Massachusetts, Amherst: B.A., German
Current Position
1986 to present	Professor, University at Albany (Art Department Chair since 1994)
Areas of Specialization
	Late Twentieth Century Art Modern European painting and Sculpture
Selected Publications
Book
	Jasper Johns' Paintings and Sculptures 1954-1974: "The Changing Focus of the Eye" (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1985).
Essays and Articles
	"Seeing a Thing Can Sometimes Trigger the Mind to Make Another Thing," Essay in Jasper Johns: A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue), The Museum of Modern Art, New York; distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1996. "Ellsworth Kelly's Multipanel Paintings," Essay in Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996. Essay for Marisol: Retrospective Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), Hakone Open-Air Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Iwaki City Art Museum; Kagoshima City Museum of Art, Japan, 1995. "Jasper Johns' The Seasons: Records of Time," in Jasper Johns The Seasons (exhibition catalogue), Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, 1991. "Ellsworth Kelly: multipaneled paintings," Artstudio: Special Ellsworth Kelly (Spring 1992), 72-91 Essay for Ellsworth Kelly: At Right Angles 1964-1966, (exhibition catalogue), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los angeles, CA, 1991 "Jasper Johns' The Seasons: Records of Time," in Jasper Johns The Seasons (exhibition catalogue), Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, 1991 "Marisol," in Marisol: Recent Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo, 1989 "Introduction," in Rauschenberg: The White and Black Paintings 1949-52 (exhibition catalogue), Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York, 1986 "Warhol as Printmaker," in Andy Warhol Prints, ed. F. Feldman and J. Schellman; Introduction by Henry Geldzahler (New York: Abbeville Press, 1985 & 1989). "Marisol's Self-Portraits: The Dream and the Dreamer," Arts Magazine, LXI, 7 (March 1985), 86-89. "Marisol as Portraitist: Artists and Artistes," Arts Magazine, LV, 9 (May 1981), 112-115 "An Interview with Jasper Johns," in Fragments: Incompletion and Discontinuity, New York Literary Forum, New York, 1981, 279-290 The Joy of Ornament: The Prints of Robert Kushner," The Print Collector's Newsletter, X Rauschenberg's Rebus," Arts Magazine, LII, 5 (January 1978), 198-141 "Johns and Beckett: 'Foirades/Fizzles'," The Print Collector's NewsletterI, VII, 5 (November-December 1976), 141-145 "Cy Twombly's Recent Prints,"The Print Collector's Newsletter, VI, 6 (January-February 1976), 146-52
Recent Presentations and Public Lectures
	"Totems, Casts, and Fragments: Sculpting the Figure in the late Twentieth Century," lecture at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, February 1998. "Separations and Connections: Jasper Johns's Paintings and Prints," lecture for Symposium at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, January 1998. "A Commitment to American Art: Johns, Rauschenberg, and Stella," lecture for Symposium on "A Life of Collecting: Victor and Sally Ganz," Christies, New York, October 1997. "Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments of Vision," lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 1997. "Ellsworth Kelly: Recent Sculpture," lecture at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, January 1997. "Jasper Johns's Prints," presentation for the Print Council, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 1996.