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"Romantic Realism - The Relief Sculptures of Bill Mack"

Bill Mack is a master of the relief sculpture medium.  The sculptures illustrated here are displayed at this moment at Saper Galleries and are available for immediate delivery anywhere in the world.  For information on other Bill Mack relief sculptures please contact Saper Galleries now!  If it's by Bill Mack, count on Saper Galleries to ship it to you!

Devotion
Devotion
Virtual Relief
Framed size: 34 1/2 x 32 1/2" 
$1,750 framed

Bill Macks at
                    Saper Galleires today
Bill Mack
Virtual Reliefs and high and low relief wall sculpture at Saper Galleries today.


Einstein by Bill Mack
Genius (Albert Einstein) < Newest release!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Bonded mixed metals relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 75
Framed size: 51 x 43"
Image size: 40 x 32"
$7,500 framed
Also available in bonded bronze finish


Majestic
Majestic < New release!
Bonded mixed metals relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 75
Framed size: 40 1/2 x 34 1/4" 
Only $6,500 framed
Also available in bonded bronze finish

Alluring
Alluring < New release!
Bonded mixed metals relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 75
34 x 22" plus frame 
Only $7,500 framed
Your choice of finish: stainless steel,
bonded bronze, mixed metals, or bonded sand

Mustang
Mustang < New release!
Bonded bronze relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 75
29 x 23" plus frame 
Only $6,500 framed
Your choice of finish: stainless steel,
bonded bronze, mixed metals

Resurrection
Resurrection < New release!
Bonded mixed metals relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 95
31 3/4 x 17 1/2" plus frame 
Only $7,500 framed
Your choice of finish:
bonded bronze or mixed metals


Patience
Patience < New release!
Bonded mixed metals relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 95
30 x 19" plus frame
Only $8,500 framed
Your choice of finish:
bonded mixed metals
or bonded sand

Concierto Adorned
Concerto Adorned < New release!
Bonded mixed metals relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 95
31 x 56" plus frame
$9,500 framed
Your choice of finish:
Bonded mixed metals
, bonded bronze or bonded sand

Liberated Enigma
Liberated Enigma < New release!
Bonded stainless steel relief wall sculpture in an edition limited to 75
24 x 34" plus frame
$9,000 framed


Elusive
Elusive
Virtual Relief
Framed size: 34 1/2 x 32 1/2" 
Sold out at $4,900 framed

Now available in a super large size about 4-feet square! 
at $16,000

Jazzman
Jazzman
Virtual Relief
Framed size: 31 1/2 x 28 1/2" 
$1,750 framed
Bill Mack's Love virtual relief
Love
Virtual Relief
Framed size: 34 1/2 x 32 1/2"
$1,750 framed



                           The Artworks of Bill Mack, 2010Bill Mack book

Just released and a "must have" is the new book titled The Artworks of Bill Mack, an elegant leather bound book of 225 pages.  The large format 14 x 11 1/2" book contains numerous photos of Bill Macks's artwork plus photos of his studio, description of the processes and techniques and pictures of his relief sculptures, paintings, drawings, and art he painted on metal from the former Hollywood sign.  As shown in this photo, the cover of the book has an actual Virtual Relief titled Radiant.  Also, in the back of the book are real Virtual Reliefs in a smaller size of those shown above.  For $295 plus shipping this is a perfect gift for yourself and your library.  If you love Bill Mack's artwork, this book is a necessary addition to your collection. 


Also available is a limited edition (of 2500) Deluxe Book Set which has an actual bonded stainless steel bas relief of Radiant recessed in the cover of the leather presentation box.  The Deluxe Book Set also includes an 11 x 14" Virtual Relief of Radiant.  The edges of the book pages are white gold leafed and a satin ribbon bookmark is included.  The Deluxe Book Set is 15 1/2 x 12 1/2" overall, weighs 12 pounds, and can be shipped to you today for $1,950 plus shipping.

As you have questions or wish to order the standard $295 book or the limited edition Deluxe Book Set at $950, contact us now!  As always, your total satisfaction is guaranteed always at Saper Galleries, an authorized Bill Mack gallery.

Encircled Enigma
Encircled Enigma
Bonded sand relief sculpture, 40" diameter
$12,000

Melody Revealed
Melody Revealed
Natural sand relief sculpture, 21 x 47"
$9,500 framed (32 x 59")

Flowing Light in stainless steel
Flowing Light
Low relief stainless steel sculpture, 26 x 14"
$3,500 framed (34 x 22")

Cherish
Cherish < On display now
  Bonded sand relief sculpture, 30 x 24"
$15,000 framed (38 x 32")
Last available in sold out edition!

Concerntration
Concentration
  Bonded-bronze relief sculpture, 24 x 18"
$3,900 framed (35 x 29")
Available only in stainless steel now

Essence Torso
Essence Torso < On display now
  Bonded sand relief sculpture, 41 x 20"
$20,000 on black panel (35 x 29")
(Note: Current sold out full value is $75,000!)

Essence Detail
Essence Torso detail

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Certificate

Bill Mack.  He has no mentors. There is nowhere to go to learn his art.  No one teaches his technique.  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.

Relief Sculpture

"Calling my artwork bas-relief," Mack says, "is incorrect since bas-relief technically refers to low relief sculpture.  My art, in fact, has more physical depth than high relief; it incorporates various elements in full-round rising toward 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 full-round in sculpture 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 startlingly 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." 

The Early Years

For over twenty years, Mack paid his dues, working mostly as a 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 has developed 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 Frankfurt.  His work is in the collections of President Clinton and former Presidents Ford and Reagan - actors and renowned art aficionados, Sylvester Stallone, Elizabeth Taylor, and Tony Curtis - International business leaders Mrs. Yaeko Shiotsuki, Hermann Schnabel, and Irwin Jacobs - and celebrities as diverse as Kenny Rogers, comic Howie Mandel, and record producer Jimmy "Jam" Harris. His piece entitled "Lady" is part of the permanent collection of the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Liberty Island.  His sculpture of basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hangs in the entry of the NBA Hall of Fame, and he has also created sculptures that are permanently installed in the International Tennis Hall of Fame (Arthur Ashe), the American and Canadian Hockey Halls of Fame (Hobey Baker), his sculpture of Lyle Alzado is in the collection of the NFL Hall of Fame, and a sculpture of Peggy Fleming is on permanent display at the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

How Does He Do It?

The first reaction to this work is usually, "How does he do it?"  The answer to that question lies in part in his personal history.

Mack was born in Minneapolis, in a family that had never had anyone directly involved in art.  He was creating and selling oil portraits in high school.  At 17 years old, while employed as a draftsman for a company making bronze dedication tablets, a crucial moment occurred which would change his life forever.  Portraits are the most difficult image to create in relief.  When a poor quality relief portrait for a memorial tablet created by another artist was submitted to the company for approval, Mack thought he could do a better job.  He gave it a try and it was instantly accepted.  He immediately quit his job and began a career as a commissioned relief sculptor. 

At the University of Minnesota, he majored in Journalism with a minor in art history while continuing to do commissioned work as a free-lance artist.  Upon graduation, he continued his one career, working as a relief sculptor.  So rare are "accomplished" relief sculptors that Mack met with immediate success.  His commissioned work ranged from very small, low relief ingots and medallions, to often monumental sculptures. Besides creating hundreds of works in traditional cast bronze, he also gained experience with more modern substances, including resins, urethanes, epoxies, silicones, and acrylics.  Working in different materials and trying new methods, Mack has gained increasing confidence in his abilities.  When he made the transition to the galleries, he possessed a great deal of technical knowledge to compliment his unique talents. 

Mack the Midwesterner and Collector

Mack make's Minneapolis his primary home.  Living in the Minneapolis metropolitan area he says, is pleasant, not only personally, but also professionally.  "My time in the studio is precious.  Being centrally located between the coasts, Europe and Japan, cuts down on travel time.  I am close to my 25,000 square foot foundry and framing studio, also located in Minneapolis.  Besides, as you might guess, there are fewer distractions here in the winter months, and I seem to accomplish the largest body of my work during this time." 

Through his extensive artistic and business contacts around the world, Mack has also become an avid collector. His collection of paintings and drawings includes original works by such a diverse group of artists as Miro, Chagall, Picasso, Paul Jenkins, Jim Dine, and his friend and fellow Minnesotan, LeRoy Neiman.  However, his collection, include several presidential letters written by Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, John Kennedy, and others.  To decorate his tiered video theater, he collects and displays a treasure of costumes such as the one worn by Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz, Clark Gable's coat from Gone With The Wind, and Lon Chaney's suit from Phantom of the Opera.

Youthful and enthusiastic, ambitious and stylish, the mustachioed Mack has a distinctive flair about him.  For example, there is a fresh red rose bud he wears on his lapel every day.  Though he will not reveal the personal reason why he began the practice some years ago, the red rose has become a symbolic trademark.  Presenting them at gallery openings, he has become the largest non-commercial buyer of roses in the world, requiring tens of thousands of them each year. 

Without a doubt, Bill Mack's creations are strikingly unique in the world of art.  In or out of his studio, Mack is an unusual man and artist, influencing today's world of contemporary art.

It is with pleasure and honor that Saper Galleries presents for your enjoyment -- and possibly your own collection -- the relief sculpture of Bill Mack!

Esprit Adorned
Esprit Adorned in mixed metals < On display now
Approximately 36 1/2 x 24 1/4" plus framing
$9,500 framed
($500 less than full $10,000 value)

Symphony
Symphony
  Bonded bronze relief sculpture
27 x 57" relief size
 35 x 69" framed

Available from a private owner
Please inquire for details!

Symphony
Symphony
  Bonded bronze relief sculpture

Detail
Symphony (detail)
Symphony
  Bonded bronze relief sculpture

Detail
Happiness
Happiness
  Light clay relief sculpture, 10 x 12"
$2,400 framed (22 x 24")

Eternally
Eternally
Bonded bronze relief sculpture, 9 x 12"
$2,400 framed (24 x 27")
 
Whisper
Whisper
Light clay relief sculpture, 12 x 10"
$2,500 framed (24 x 22")
 
Model
Model
  Bonded bronze relief sculpture, 12 x 8"
$2,400 framed (27 x 23")
 

Workout
Workout < On display now
  Porcelain low-relief sculpture, 20 x 16"
$1,600 framed
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet < On display now
Porcelain low-relief sculpture, 20 x 16"

$1,600 framed
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