Organized by Heather James Fine Art Palm Desert, California February 17 - May 31, 2018 Jackson Hole, Wyoming August 11 - September 30, 2018 The Grandel, St. Louis, Missouri August 17 - 19, 2018 New York, New York October 6 - November 10, 2018
Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody consists of abstract
The first totems were inspired by indigenous
mixed-media paintings as well as large
sculptural forms from the Pacific Northwest,
and small-scale bronze sculptures. Alpert’s
but the recent works have become more
expressive use of various media engages the
gestural. He said, “The totems I saw years ago
viewer with a captivating sense of movement
in the Pacific Northwest...moved my sculptural
and form, which translates into a lyrical and
concept from the literal to the spontaneity of
unforgettable experience. “To have my work
abstraction.”
exhibited at a world-class gallery like Heather James is exciting,” said Herb Alpert.
Walking among these giants is awe-inspiring. Alpert’s sculptures, which range from 13 to
Herb Alpert has spent more than half his life
17 1/2 feet in height, have been described as
as a respected abstract expressionist painter
“frozen smoke,” and are entirely touchable, a
and sculptor, whose work has been widely
rare quality. Alpert said, “I’m not crazy about
exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. A prolific
a lot of contemporary sculptures where you
musician, Alpert continuously acknowledges
look like you’ll get impaled if you touch it. I’m
the connection between his music. “There’s a
from the Henry Moore school: I want you to
rhythm to all art,” he says. “I try to express
touch them.”
myself in the most lyrical way possible.” He often refers to his totems as a “jazz response”
Alpert’s paintings and sculptures have been
to the sculptures and traditions that inspired
exhibited in museums and galleries in the
his work.
U.S. and Europe including Art Cologne, Art Basel, the Tennessee State Museum, and the
Since he began painting in 1969, Alpert has
Pasadena Museum of California Arts. His
experimented with a number of different
work is also in the permanent collections at
styles and materials. Always personal and
the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
expressive, Alpert’s paintings articulate fluidity
in Los Angeles and the Tennessee State
and motion. “I am not a Sunday painter,” he
Museum in Nashville. Nine of his sculptures
told the Chicago Sun Times. “I paint or sculpt
are permanently installed at the Field Museum
every day because I love to do it. It makes me
of Natural History in Chicago. In 2013, Herb
happy.”
Alpert received the National Medal of Arts Award, presented by President Barack Obama
Alpert’s sculptures, particularly those in his towering Black Spirit Totems series, draw interest with their freedom of form and massive size.
at the White House.
Herb Alpert with large Arrowhead
Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody Installation at Heather James Fine Art - Palm Desert February 17 - May 31, 2018
Herb Alpert and Lani Hall in concert
East of the Sun acrylic on canvas 71 3/4 x 71 3/4 in. 1988
Robotic Revolution acrylic on canvas 60 x 84 in. 1993
Tormenta del Sol (Sun Storm) acrylic on canvas 72 x 121 in. 1997
Through the Looking Glass acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in. 2004
Lonesome acrylic on canvas 24 x 36 in. 2007
Flight 447 acrylic and coffee on canvas 64 x 96 in. 2009
Blue Lagoon acrylic on canvas 60 x 47 3/4 in 2012
Nuclear Winter acrylic and coffee on canvas 57 x 96 in. 2013
Self Preservation acrylic and coffee on canvas 48 x 36 in. 2013
Night Wind acrylic and coffee on canvas 60 x 48 in. 2015
Anonymous Gift acrylic and coffee on canvas 48 x 36 in. 2016
Lover Man acrylic and coffee on canvas 48 x 36 in. 2016
Have Mercy acrylic and coffee on canvas 36 x 24 in. 2016
Dreamcatcher acrylic on canvas 48 x 48 in. 2017
Black Horizon acrylic and coffee on canvas 48 x 72 in. 2017
Floating Aura acrylic and coffee on canvas 48 x 36 in. 2018
Radiant Aura acrylic and coffee on canvas 48 x 36 in. 2018
Intuition bronze 37 x 12 x 12 in. 2010 Edition 6 + 2 AP
Radiance bronze 35 1/2 x 12 x 12 in. 2011 Edition 6 + 2 AP
Warrior bronze 35 x 12 x 12 in. 2011 Edition 6 + 2 AP
Arrowhead bronze 37 x 12 x 12 in. 2015 Edition 6 + 2 AP
Large scale sculptures Outdoor installation at Heather James Fine Art - Palm Desert
Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody Installation at Heather James Fine Art - Palm Desert February 17 - May 31, 2018
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