Michael Riley Sights Unseen - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0642541620 ISBN 13: 9780642541628

Publisher: National Gallery of Australia, 2007

Synopsis

Michael Riley (1960-2004) was one of the most important contemporary Australian Indigenous visual artists of the past two decades. His contribution to the urban-based Indigenous visual arts industry was substantial and his film and video work challenged non-Indigenous perceptions of Indigenous experience, particularly among the most disenfranchised communities in the eastern region of Australia. He worked with Indigenous people from communities throughout rural and remote regions of Australia and brought a singularly Indigenous visual language to the forefront of international contemporary art.

Rileys work is not social-documentary but draws on a multiplicity of influencesEuropean and North American film-making, international fashion and design, and Indigenous and European spirituality and its contradictions.

About this title

About the Author

Brenda L. Croft, senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the National Gallery of Austraila, Canberra, is a member of the Gurindji and Mutpurra peoples from the Northern Territory. Other contributors include Anthony "Ace" Bourke, Gael Newton, Victoria Lynn, Djon Mundine, Nikos Papastergiadis, and Hetti Perkins.

From the Back Cover

Michael Riley (1960-2004) was one of the most important contemporary Australian Indigenous visual artists of the past two decades.

From the Inside Flap

Michael Riley (1960-2004) was one of the most important contemporary Australian Indigenous visual artists of the past two decades.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Gallery of Australia
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0642541620
• ISBN 13: 9780642541628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Croft Brenda L.