Assemblies of Magic

O'reilly, John

ISBN 10: 1931885133 / ISBN 13: 9781931885133

Published by Twin Palms Pub and Addison Gallery of American Art, MA, 2002

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NEW BOOK and DJ with new Mylar protection. // There is a tiny red mark on bottom of page-edges, with absolutely no damage to the book and so 'invisible,' that at first, this reviewer missed it. But because of that, we have already dropped the price by ten bucks. // O'Reilly's work is pretty rowdy. Seller Inventory # 104081

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Title: Assemblies of Magic

Publisher: Twin Palms Pub and Addison Gallery of American Art, MA

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Meditations on space, art, war, death and religion merge with the homocrotic in John O'Reilly's intensely personal photo transformations. For this artist, montage has proved the richest medium for personal allegory, and the formal and symbolic evolution of O'Reilly's work corresponds to his own awakening self discovery. His working methods of cutting and pasting mirror the energy inherent in de-constructing and reconstructing the psyche. Alternately, the physical merging of iconic Others enables their psychic incorporation into the Self. Over twenty-five years of part-time employment as an art therapist have rendered O'Reilly equally interested in art and psychology, and willing to use his deepest obsessions, fetishes, and fears as source material for his tiny assemblies of magic. Francine Koslow Miller