Bill Mack-Nude Female Seated in Solitude Maquette-Bronze Sculpture

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Bill Mack-Nude Female Seated in Solitude Maquette-Bronze Sculpture

White Enamel over Bronze limited edition - Signed and numbered 70/150
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White Enamel over Bronze limited edition - Signed and numbered 70/150
Size 19 × 9 x 9""

Artist Biography
Bill Mack (Born 1949) is active/lives in Minnesota. Bill Mack is known for Bas relief wall sculpture, sand resin cast.
He is the only artist in the world doing it. He has no mentors. There is nowhere to go to learn his art. No one teaches his technique. In fact, sculptor Bill Mack works in such a rare art form that coming up with a name to describe it has been only slightly less arduous than creating the art itself."Calling my artwork bas-relief", Mack says, "is incorrect since bas-relief technically refers to low relief sculpture. My art has more physical depth than high relief; it incorporates various elements in the round, rising towards the viewer, as in my "illusion" image where her leg leaves the background extending into space. Technically sculptures combining various levels of relief and full round parts are called "Alto Relief" sculptures. A similar technique has been used on classic Roman and Greek buildings. However, until I offered my current collection of sculptures, this art form had not appeared to any extent in galleries."Combining low and high relief, incised lines, and elements in the round in sculptured works that are light enough to be hung on a wall, Mack directly involves the viewer in a 3-dimensional experience, both textural and tactile, that is often startling real. "Mack's art elicits an immediate emotional response", notes one critic. "A moment in time is stopped, a familiar face revealed, the grace of a body in motion captured. The viewer becomes more than an observer; he becomes a participant in the drama unfolding before his eyes."For over twenty-five years, Mack has paid his dues, working mostly as a privately-commissioned artist - from miniature medallic works such as the bicentennial medals for the State of Minnesota and the cities of St. Louis and Baltimore, to reliefs and full-round sculptures for corporations such as General Motors, Pillsbury, and 3M. Then, in the early 1980's Mack made a venturous artistic move and entered the competitive gallery world with his "Alto Relief" sculptures. Today, in the popular contemporary arts, he is developing a major following.He made a spectacular debut in New York and, in a remarkably short time for a contemporary artist, Mack has achieved worldwide acceptance. He has had exhibitions in galleries from New York City to Beverly Hills, and from Tokyo to Lucerne. His work is in the collections of former Presidents, Carter, Ford, and Reagan; actor and renowned art aficionado, Sylvester Stallone; international business leaders Mrs. Yaeko Shiotsuki, Tokyo; Hermann Schnabel, Hamburg; "Corporate Raider" Irwin Jacobs; and celebrities as diverse as actors Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, comic Howie Mandel, and record producer Jimmy "Jam" Harris. His piece entitled Lady is part of the permanent collection at the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Liberty Island, and his sculpture of basketball great Karem Abdul-Jabbar hangs in the entry of the NBA Hall of Fame, and there is a planned presentation to the Vatican of a bronze relief entitled "Madonna of the Butterfly".

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