Haim Steinbach with Twins, Brooklyn Studio, 1989
Artists Portraits: Other Voices Other Rooms
Art critic Jerry Saltz wrote in response to Bertucci's exhibition of the emerging artist series: Maybe Bertucci was lucky; more likely she had a premonition. Either way, what is most memorable about her pictures from the early 1990s is that a lot of these artists seem to sense they're about to emerge from a nascent state; Bertucci captures the electric instant before many of them went on to have their moment. Some of them have a quiet energy that references the inner complexities of the artists. While other, more established subjects, exude a wisdom and confidence imparted through their gaze and stature. The color work examines the figure in the interior space, capturing the artist and revealing their own unique psychology.