Reinventing Art
NEWSLETTER February 2009
Though it might seem that a majority of Bill Mack’s oeuvre concentrates on reliefs depicting the female form, he does in fact create artworks portraying a variety of other images including
portraits, animals, mothers and children, men and more. However, his
images of the female form have been his most successful and thus, more high profile and in demand in galleries. This can be explained in part, because the female is one of the most frequently depicted images throughout art history.
NEWSLETTER February 2009
Though it might seem that a majority of Bill Mack’s oeuvre concentrates on reliefs depicting the female form, he does in fact create artworks portraying a variety of other images including
portraits, animals, mothers and children, men and more. However, his
images of the female form have been his most successful and thus, more high profile and in demand in galleries. This can be explained in part, because the female is one of the most frequently depicted images throughout art history. According to Mack, “God created the beautiful female form and as
artists, we attempt to replicate this beauty to the best of our ability.”
Mack is often asked why he doesn’t use female figures that are more
“round and full-bodied” like classical images created by earlier artists
from Michelangelo to Ruebens to Renoir. Mack explains that these
artists created images of the idealized female of their time. As far back
as the ancients, a full-figured female body represented abundance,
prosperity and fertility. Today, the idealized female form is more
muscular and athletic. Hence, when Mack creates reliefs representing the female form, he chooses to create artworks based on the idealized female of today.
In his series The Female Nude In Art History, Mack is offering his
first ever, one-of-a-kind, Original Reliefs. In this series, he skillfully
merges contemporary and classic female form and pose. In so doing,
Mack visually demonstrates the extensive use of female imagery in art
throughout history by integrating the works of timeless artists, such as
Renoir, Picasso, Chagall, and others, with two previously sold out
Mack reliefs, Spirit and Spirit Detail.
In this series, Mack first modifies the works of the other artists as needed to fit his relief. Then he collages their work over the contours of his own work…his relief. He then hand paints the relief to betterartists, we attempt to replicate this beauty to the best of our ability.”
Mack is often asked why he doesn’t use female figures that are more
“round and full-bodied” like classical images created by earlier artists
from Michelangelo to Ruebens to Renoir. Mack explains that these
artists created images of the idealized female of their time. As far back
as the ancients, a full-figured female body represented abundance,
prosperity and fertility. Today, the idealized female form is more
muscular and athletic. Hence, when Mack creates reliefs representing the female form, he chooses to create artworks based on the idealized female of today.
In his series The Female Nude In Art History, Mack is offering his
first ever, one-of-a-kind, Original Reliefs. In this series, he skillfully
merges contemporary and classic female form and pose. In so doing,
Mack visually demonstrates the extensive use of female imagery in art
throughout history by integrating the works of timeless artists, such as
Renoir, Picasso, Chagall, and others, with two previously sold out
Mack reliefs, Spirit and Spirit Detail.
synthesize the two images. Additionally he adds shadowing and
definition to cause the Spirit figure to emerge through the color and
often complex imagery of the other artist’s work. In effect, he is
paying homage to the artists and their artworks, as well as the female
form. The finished pieces are artistic and stylized fusion; Original
mixed media reliefs, which incorporate collage, acrylic, oil, epoxy, and urethane over a resin relief.
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