Anders Bergstrom

Opening tonight at The Met Costume Art May 10, 2026 - January 10, 2027 This work from 2014 acquired by The Met in 2016 is included in Costume Art, curated by Andrew Bolton. Brown Bag Test, December 21, 2014 Proof and Counterproof 2014 scraping, and softground etching surface roll printed on both sides on Akatosashi 23 proofs and 23 counterproofs for a total of 46 prints cut and folded 3 1/2 x 2 x 1 1/4 inches each unique THANKS! @metcostumeinstitute @metmuseum @metdrawingsandprints @curatornadine @farrell.jennifer @planthousegallery

This work to be auctioned Oct 21 at Phillips to support Print Center New York. Consider bidding on this or any of the other generously donated works !! Anders Bergstrom’s witty and profound works challenge the viewer to reexamine their connection to the detritus of everyday life, and the notion of the “readymade” in contemporary art. Mining the trompe l’oeil tradition of artisanal exactitude, Bergstrom’s highly skilled process meticulously handcrafts the look and feel of brown paper bags, whether new, stained, ripped, or destined for garbage. His work pays homage to the flat-bottomed, folded brown paper bag, whose late 19th century invention is patented by both Charles Stilwell of Union Paper Bag Machine Co. and Margaret E. Knight of the Columbia Paper Bag Company. Using archival paper, which the Bergstrom cuts, folds, assembles, and disassembles – and an array of inks to convey brown tones, abstract stains, and even the manufacturer’s stamp – the work harks to precedents in Claes Oldenburg’s The Street and The Store and Robert Gober’s “readymade” receipts and newspaper advertisements. Bergstrom’s masterful approach dissolves all distinctions between everyday items, art treasures, collecting, and discarding. @printcenternewyork @phillipsauction

Two new monotypes by @anders44bergstrom will be featured at our booth, B29, at the @ifpda fair this week, March 27-30! Here is a preview of “Double Life, January 27” 17 x 24 inches #andersbergstrom

Great morning at The Metropolitan museum of art print room with Luca Frepoli and Nadine, talking about brown bags, hidden labor, and counter proofs! I had not seen this piece since it was on view in the Johnson gallery in 2016. Thank you @metdrawingsandprints #conterproofPHD #lucafrepoli photo 1, 2 from March 2025 at the Met Print room. photo 3,4 from 2016 when on public view at the Met.

13 Moons Tenth Anniversary Exhibition @planthousegallery Anders Bergstrom Victoire Bourgois Katherine Bradford Daniel Clarke Greg Foley Glenn Goldberg Victoria Haven Nina Jordan Ruth Lingen Matt Magee Martin Mazorra John Mitchell Rachel Ostrow Naho Taruishi May 18 – June 18, 2023 Please join us for the Opening Reception: Thursday, May 18, 6-8 p.m. Twice 2014 6 layer reductive aquatint, soft ground and sugarlift 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches each edition of 7

Double Life #5, 2023 Viscosity monotype and relief printing hand cut and folded, on Akatosashi 10 x 15 1/2 inches Unique @dolan.maxwell @baltimore.fineart.printfair #doublelife #duro #brownbag @lifeatnovolex

Link in Bio to a print nerd conversation I had with Phil Sanders in April. One exhilarating hour. Thank you Phil !! Looking forward to New York Print week! @phil_sanders_studio #printmaking #viscosityprint #printnerd #brownbag @planthousegallery @dolan.maxwell @gregkuceragallery

Double Life 2021 . Viscosity monotype and relief print, hand-cut and folded, on Akatosashi 28 1/2 x 21 x 21 inches . #printmaking #viscosityprint #viscositymonotype #linocut

Honored to have work included in this exhibition at Worcester Art Museum - So many amazing artists: Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity through June 19, 2022 Co-curated by Nancy Kathryn Burns, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at WAM, and Toby Sisson, Associate Professor and Program Director of Studio Art at Clark University @sissontoby @worcesterartmuseum #latoyarubyfrazier #ellengallagher #lornasimpson #rashidjohnson #melvinedward #karawalker #glennligon #mickalenethomas #dreadscott

Recently Acquired: Yale University Library The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Double Life #61, 2021 Viscosity monotype and linoleum cut, hand-cut and folded, on Akatosashi 8 x 12 inches, Unique Thank you @planthousegallery @beineckelibrary #printmaking #viscosityprint #monotype

The Prints and Their Makers – Book Club is an intimate, informal, and conversational look at fine art prints and printmaking from the perspective of the artists, printers, publishers, museum curators, and dealers involved in bringing them into our lives. Led by author and master printer Phil Sanders, the PATM Book Club uses Prints and Their Makers as a springboard to dive deeper into historic and contemporary projects, individual works, and print processes. Link in bio to register #printmaking @phil_sanders_studio

On view at Worcester Museum of Art: Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity through June 22 Co-curated by Nancy Kathryn Burns, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at WAM, and Toby Sisson, Associate Professor at Clark University Brown Bag Test August 02, 2016 softground etchings with aquatint, surface rolled on Akatosashi paper Installation image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum @worcesterartmuseum @sissontoby Thank you @dolan.maxwell #brownbagtest #printmaking #proofandcounterproof #etching #