Herb Alpert - A Visual Melody

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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