“Take Five,” a large sculpture by
the late artist Anne Heimann was on view at Judy’s on Cherry Restaurant in Reading PA through
the course of the Berks Arts Council Jazz Fest and remains there on semi-permanent loan from Jim Hubbard, Heimann’s husband. The piece is
displayed eight foot high in the restaurant’s front foyer.
The 1970's artwork is a ten-foot-wide assemblage of three musicians taking a break from their rehearsal. Constructed of real wooden chairs, hooked wool, a music stand,
life-size painted plywood cut-outs of the figures, and an actual tarnished
trombone, Heimann had created a mise-en-scène
where the musicians gaze expectantly at their visitor for a musical request.
The woman
on the left is Heimann’s self portrait.
Both her as well as the drummer, are masked in Mardi Gras
frivolity. “Take Five,” is also
the name of a famous jazz tune by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The work is also for sale through the restaurant.
Heimann and her husband lived in New
Orleans for a time and traveled the world
photo-documenting the cultures and lifestyles of the Middle East,
moving later to the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City,
where she plied her artistry for over thirty years, then moving to Pennsylvania ten years ago. She passed away two years ago in Reading.
Very cool piece!
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