911 Tribute to Blue Collar

This is my latest piece in the Blue Collar Intelligentsia series.  It's a tribute to the Iron Workers that dismantled and rebuilt ground zero after the attacks on 9/11/01.  A lot is said about the Firemen and Police officers (and rightly so), but not much is dedicated to the workers whose job is was not only to clean up the devastation of that day, but to rebuild our hopes and pride and show case the American Spirit.

Blue Collar Intelligentsia

Artist Shane Reilly of reillyWorks will debut this a new multimedia sculpture at the Shoshana Wayne Gallery located at Bergamot Station, this Saturday July 23rd.  This is Shane's first piece in a new series entitle "Blue Collar Intelligentsia", where in he explores the concepts of intelligence/genius and creativity through the use of materials and techniques associated with manual labor. 
The piece, entitled "Tribute to Ken Nordine", uses paint cans as a metaphor for the emotions and personalities of color and is made interactive through the use of QR codes as a link to video media and discussions about the work.

All Sculpture Show

Getting my piece, "Blue Collar Intelligentsia",  ready for the Chain Letter show at the Shoshana Wayne Gallery.  http://shoshanawayne.com/upcoming-exhibition.php?id=236372&name=Chain_Letter#

Yellow

Side four of "Tribute to Ken Nordine"

Beige

Side three of "Tribute to Ken Nordine"

Green

Side 2 of "Tribute to Ken Nordine"

Art Salon

Reillyworks is putting on a the first of what will be a bi-monthly art salon.  For this Salon, we have gathered together a group of artists, academics, and creative business professionals to get a dialog going about how media and the easy access to it, has and will change our perceptions of "Art".