KİLİMS FROM UŞAK SERIES

Mike Berg’s kilim works uniquely fuse his fascination with geometric shapes alongside his Western heritage, profoundly influenced by his exposure to Turkish design patterns. Through his exploration of kilims crafted in the Uşak technique, Berg’s art undergoes a transformation, integrating the rich tapestry of Turkish design elements into his creations. This blending of cultural motifs results in kilims that showcase meticulous craftsmanship and serve as a testament to the cross-cultural exchange of artistic traditions, where East meets West in a harmonious union of form and heritage.

ABOUT ARTIST

Mike Berg (b. 1948, Oregon) reinterprets the basic geometric forms such as sphere, prism and pyramid in his own artistic language, giving depth and new meanings to them. The artist’s steel wall sculptures evoke patterns that have been made on the surface of the wall. In his works, where his curiosity about material and his desire to discover the material are prominent, Berg emphasizes the new features gained by the works in the transition process while producing the drawings and motifs he creates. Turning the drawings made with gouache into woven rugs and gestures with ink and calligraphic motifs into metal sculptures is an important part of the artist’s practice.