Disabled Digital Artist Andrew Reach Shows His Work At Wounded In Action Exhibition
March 11, 2010 by Luc
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DisabledandProductive is excited that disabled artist Andrew Reach, who we interviewed last year – Interview with Digital Artist Andrew Reach – was selected with his work March of Humanity for a very special Art Exhibition of Orthopaedic Advancements, Wounded in Action. This exhibition features the art by soldiers, military personnel, surgeons and even civilians like Andrew who have been inspired by the brave fight our wounded veterans battle every day.
March of Humanity by Andrew Reach
Andrew created his work March of Humanity as a statement of hope for a better future without war. From the violent vortex of energy at the focal point of the image emerge peaceful beings, he calls “whimsies”. “Like musical notes in a symphony, they are reborn in brilliant colors. With freedom comes the ability of all of us to reach our greatest potential,” he says.
About Andrew Reach’s Motivation
Andrew Reach began creating computer-generated art when it became too physically challenging for him to continue as an architect, due to the chronic pain from Scheuermann’s disease. This condition, which usually starts in adolescence, causes the vertebrae to grow unevenly, increasing the curvature of the upper spine. When Reach had two surgeries for progressive symptoms of this disease, the bravery of those wounded in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars inspired him and helped him overcome his own obstacles from the disease. Working with the Art Therapy Studio at Metrohealth Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, Andrew and his life partner Bruce Baumwoll are developing a program to introduce computer graphics. From this pilot program, they hope to bring computers into the VA to help our wounded veterans to heal. Andrew hopes his artwork will inspire them and others in difficult circumstances to overcome great obstacles, including the emotional pain induced by war. “Having my own orthopaedic condition and disability has tested me more than any experience in my life, especially my worth as a person,” he says.
click here to see the Wounded in Action website
Exhibits
March 9–13, 2010
Morial Convention Center, La Nouvelle Ballroom.
New Orleans, LA
April 26-30, 2010
Russell Senate Office Rotunda
Washington, D.C.
May through November 2010
National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed
