Duke Riley: Tides and Transgressions - Hardcover

Riley, Duke; Johnson, Meredith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847872416 ISBN 13: 9780847872411

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, 2022

Synopsis

Duke Riley s work explores his lifelong fascination with urban waterways, their historical relationship to the transgressive culture of life at sea, and the uneasy intersections of human geography with the physical world. His signature style interweaves historical and contemporary events with elements of fiction and myth to create allegorical histories. His re-imagined narratives comment on a range of issues from the cultural impact of over development and environmental destruction of waterfront communities to contradictions within political ideologies and the role of the artist in society. This comprehensive monograph is a collection of Riley s work from his expansive twenty plus year career, encompassing drawing, sculpture, mosaics, performance, and more than one maritime adventure. Including his Fly By Night public art project of pigeons flying across the NYC skyline, illuminated by LED lights, the documentary film of bedbug heist Non-Essential Consultants, and the mayhem of the 2009 mock Roman naval battle, Those About To Die Salute You at the Queens Museum. Deluxe Edition of 100 copies retailing for $250. Contains the book packaged in a clamshell box with a signed and numbered artist print .

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About the Author

Duke Riley is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA from Pratt Institute. He has had solo exhibitions at Queens Museum of Art, Havana Biennale, MOCA Cleveland, and recently the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Sydney Biennale. In 2012 Riley was selected by the U.S. State Department's smARTpower project to be a cultural ambassador to China where he created The Rematch. Anne Pasternak has served as the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum since 2015. Formerly the Executive Director of Creative Time (1993- 2015). For more than thirty years, Pasternak has devoted her career to engaging broad audiences with the limitless power of art to move, motivate, and inspire. Meredith Johnson is the VP of Arts and Culture and Head Curator at Trust for Govornors Island (2017-present). Formerly a curator at Creative Time and Artist Space in NYC.

From the Back Cover

The first survey of the twenty-plus-year career of the highly influential multimedia artist Duke Riley, famous for expressing transgressive political and ecological themes through metaphors drawn from nautical folklore and nature.

Duke Riley’s work explores his lifelong fascination with urban waterways, their historical relationship to the culture of life at sea, and the uneasy intersections of human geography with the physical world. His work comments on a range of issues, from the cultural impact of overdevelopment and environmental destruction of waterfront communities to contradictions within political ideologies and the role of the artist in society. This comprehensive monograph collects work from his expansive career, encompassing drawings, sculptures, mosaics, performances, and more than one maritime adventure, including his Fly by Night public art project of pigeons illuminated by LED lights flying across the New York City skyline, documentation of his nefarious shell company Non-Essential Consultants, and the mayhem of the 2009 anarchic mock Roman naval battle, Those About to Die Salute You at the Queens Museum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847872416
• ISBN 13: 9780847872411
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256