Album Notes

Built around the award-winning song writing, singing, and inspired guitar playing of Art Halperin, New York City's Work of Art is an eight piece band playing uniquely styled rock n' roll. Away from home, they've successfully toured throughout the US., Europe, South America, and the Caribbean, both headlining and opening up for acts such as Santana, Jerry Garcia, Third World, Living Colour, Jimmy Cliff, The Police, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry. As a solo artist, Art has shared the stage with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Marty Stuart, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson (the Band), The Temptations, David Grisman, Doc Watson and Glen Tillbrook of Squeeze.
Art's abilities have taken him in many different directions. As a composer, songs he's
written for other artists have appeared on Billboard's R&B, Pop, and even Classical charts.
He's written and recorded on many national and international albums, TV., and Radio
commercials. Along with his band, he's also been featured on screen in the John Sayles
movie "Baby it's You."
The legendary producer and talent scout John Hammond Sr., (the man who discovered
Dylan, Springsteen and Aretha Franklin among many others) was so impressed with Art's
music that he signed Art as the first artist on Hammond/CBS Records. A ten-song album
was completed for the label.
Long before it became fashionable, Art was expressing his concern for the environment in
his music. Recent songs such as "Rescue the Future," "Wolf," and "Back into the Sea" are
eerily prophetic, mirroring our times. New York's premier FM rock station WNEW, used
"Rescue the Future" in their service spots promoting Earth Day. The song also received large independent radio play.
Art's video for "Back into the Sea," directed on land and underwater by five-time Emmy
award winner Norman Smith has been seen on MTV, Night Flight and Radio1990, and is
frequently aired on local television stations in the Virgin Islands and West Indies.

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