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Reilly: Endangered Landscapes 1990-1992, Idyllic
landscapes are a painted on a single layer shaped canvas from
a composite of imagery. The naturalistic portion of the painting
is contained within in a diamond-shaped format and separated
from the outer corners of the canvas by elaborate guilded frames.
A close look at the outlying surfaces reveal three-dimensional
cast images based on real objects found at the actual location
of the painted imagery. As in life, natural objects intertwine
with man-made remnants and eventually mix with the earth to become
part of the actual environment. In a review of a 1999 exhibition
at the Carnegie Museum, L.A. Times art critic Josef Woodard wrote
about Reilly's painting: "... It's hard to see the painting
for the frame, which, no doubt, is the operative conundrum for
the artist. And it poses a question to the viewer, with no pat
answer, but an entertaining, conceptual buzz nonetheless. In
cases like this, the ponder factor can be its own reward."
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