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BERMAN ART PROJECTS is pleased to present Incised, a dramatic and diverse survey of marquetry works by Los Angeles artist William Tunberg. Tunberg is amongst an endangered species of artists - marquetry sculptors. Marquetry is an art form that spans back to the 16th Century. It involves hand cutting, forming and applying pieces of dyed and natural wood veneer to a structure to form patterns and designs with a smooth finish. Now, in the 21st Century, what was once a revered and popular art form is now rare and nearly extinct. Tunberg’s modern marquetry is the perfect marriage of traditional …