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Duke Riley

January 31, 2023

For the American football player, see Duke Riley (American football).

Duke Riley is an American artist. Riley earned a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a MFA in Sculpture from the Pratt Institute. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is noted for a body of work incorporating the seafarer's craft with nautical history, as well as the host of a series of illegal clambakes on the Brooklyn waterfront for the New York artistic community. Riley told the Village Voice that he has "always been interested in the space where water meets land in the urban landscape."[1]

The Acorn a replica of the Revolutionary War Turtle
A naumachia held in the Civic Arena of Milan in 1807

Work

One of Riley's projects entailed a bar constructed from found objects in the concrete pilings that supported the humming Belt Parkway. Riley told a reporter for The New York Times that he charged for the drinks so that he was violating New York law by selling alcohol without a license as well as trespassing on federal property.[2]

In 2007, Riley launched a replica of the Revolutionary War era Turtle, a small wooden submarine designed to enable American patriots to sink British Navy ships by attaching mines to the hulls. He and two companions who had helped him construct the wooden submarine were arrested by the New York City police when they came within 200 feet of the Queen Mary 2, without authorization, at New York City's Red Hook Brooklyn cruise ship terminal.[3] Jesse Bushnell, one of the men arrested with Riley, is a descendant of David Bushnell, the inventor of the Turtle.[4]

In 2009 he constructed four ships for the purpose of staging a Naumachia, a Roman-style gladiatorial sea battle staged for an audience. Riley's Naumachia, entitled, Those About to Die Salute You, was staged at the Queens Museum of Art in a reflecting pool left over from the 1964 World's Fair that was filled with 70,000 gallons of water for the occasion.[5] Since the weapons were baguette and tomatoes, and the audience as well as the warriors dressed in period costume, Artnet described the event as something between a Toga party and fraternity food fight.[6] Riley constructed ships from four different historical periods, including a model of his nemesis, the Queen Mary 2.[5] The ships were crewed by staff from four New York City Museums, the Queens Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo del Barrio of Manhattan. Although the ships sank rapidly, Riley told The New York Times that he considered the work of art a success since no one was killed, drowned, injured or arrested.[5]

In 2016, Fly by Night, a performance in the Brooklyn night sky by 2,000 Riley-trained, LED light-carrying pigeons enjoyed tremendous critical and popular success; The New York Times called it "a revelation."[7]

His 2017 exhibit, Now Those Days Are Gone, featured drawings and samplers depicting individual birds, mostly pigeons, as well as including a bicycle, army truck, and MASH supplies.[8]

 
The bicycle from Now Those Days Are Gone.
 
MASH Supplies (detail) in Now Those Days Are Gone
 
Detail of truck dashboard of Now Those Days Are Gone with its "Teach Thomas Paine" bumper sticker.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2022 “DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash”, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY [1]
  • 2017

"Now Those Days Are Gone", Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY[9]

  • 2013

"Trading With The Enemy", Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2012

"The Rematch", Zhujiajiao, Shanghai

  • 2011

"Two Riparian Tales of Undoing", Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2010

"An Invitation of Lubberland", Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio "Reclaiming the Lost Kingdom of Laird", as part of "Philagrafika 2010", Historical Society of Pennsylvania "Second St. Patrick's Day Parade", Havana, Cuba

  • 2009

"Those About to Die Salute You", Queens Museum of Art, NY "First St. Patrick's Day Parade", Havana, Cuba

  • 2007

"After the Battle of Brooklyn: East River Incognita 2", Magnan Projects, New York, NY

  • 2006

"Duke Riley Presents Paul Pierce for Chanel", "Six Feet Under Series", White Box, New York, NY

  • 2005

"United Islands of the East River: East River Incognita", Sarah Lawrence College, NY

  • 2001

"Duke Riley", Climate 8, New York, NY

Group exhibitions

  • 2013

"Battle Ground", Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2012

"To The Stars On The Wings Of An Eel", Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2011

"Sea Worthy", Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY "Bienal do Mercosul", Port Alegre, Brazil

  • 2010

"Announcing Magnan Metz Gallery", Magnan Metz Gallery,New York, NY

  • 2009

"Bright Path", Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA "Seaworthy", Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "Rent Control: NYC Documented and Imagined", The Maysles Institute, Harlem, NY "Chelsea Visits Havana: Havana Biennial", Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

  • 2008

"Maritime: Ships Pirates & Disasters", Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, CT "Building Steam", Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA "Plastic Topography, South Street Seaport Museum", Melville Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2007

"Grow Your Own", Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France "Emergency Room", P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art, Queens, NY "Mixed Signals", Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

  • 2006

"Ultimate Destination" D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2005

"Building", British Consulate, Belfast, Northern Ireland "A Knock At The Door", Lower Manhattan Cultural COuncil, New York, NY "We Could Have Invited Everyone", Anrew Krepps Gallery, New York, NY "Inaugural Opening", Magnan Projects, New York, NY

  • 2004

"Benefit Show", Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY "T&A IV", GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "Book", Weir Space, Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • 2002

"Invitational Group Show", National Arts Show", New York, NY

  • 2001

"Night Swimming", State of Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2000

"Of Earth and Sky", American Museum of National History, New York, NY

  • 1999

"Three-Perwson Exhibition", C. Francis Gallery, Providence, RI

  • 1996

"Invitational Group Show", Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

Awards, Grants, and Scholarships

  • 2013

The Percent for Art Commission, PS 343 Manhattan, NY

  • 2012

Creative Time Global Residency, Africa Gasworks International Residency Programme, London

  • 2011

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY smARTpower, U.S. State Department, Shanghai, China Residency, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, Painters an Sculptors, New York, NY

  • 2010

MTA Arts for Transit ArtCard, New York, NY AICA Award, 2nd Place Best Project in a Public Space: "Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You"

  • 2009

Art Matters Foundation, New York, NY

  • 2008

MTA Arts for Transit Commission: Beach 98th Street Station Renovation, 2011 Completion Chashama Residency, Fremantle Arts Center, Fremantle, Western Australia

  • 2007

Residency, Fremantle Arts Center, Fremantle, Western Australia

  • 2005

Graduate Academic Achievement Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY' Circumnavigate, Independent Project Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY

  • 2004

Lagenside Development Corporation Grant, Cathedral Arts Quarter, Annual Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • 2003

Belfast Arts and Business Partners Foundation Grant, Northern Ireland

References

  1. ^ Life of Riley January 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Silke Tudor, May 23, 2006, Village Voice
  2. ^ When Making Art Becomes a Night at the Beach Randy Kennedy, June 26, 2006, The New York Times
  3. ^ "Makeshift submarine found in East River". August 3, 2007. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012.
  4. ^ Egg-head skipper shore isn't upset Jotham Sederstrom and Christina Boyle, Daily News (New York)
  5. ^ a b c In Queens, a Battle on the Low Seas, and May the Best Artist Win The New York Times, Libby Nelson, August 14, 2009
  6. ^ Artnet, Duke Riley's Insane Triumph Jerry Saltz
  7. ^ Smith, Roberta (May 9, 2016). "Review: In 'Fly by Night,' Pigeons Light Up the Brooklyn Navy Yard". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  8. ^ Jen Chung. "See Duke Riley's 1,000 Hand-Painted And Embroidered Pigeon Paintings." Gothamist, October 14, 2017. http://gothamist.com/2017/10/14/duke_riley_pigeons.php October 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "DUKE RILEY : Now Those Days Are Gone - EXHIBITIONS - Magnan Metz Gallery".

External links

  • Official website
  • Duke Riley's Art Card, commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit

January 31, 2023
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For the American football player see Duke Riley American football Duke Riley is an American artist Riley earned a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA in Sculpture from the Pratt Institute He lives in Brooklyn New York He is noted for a body of work incorporating the seafarer s craft with nautical history as well as the host of a series of illegal clambakes on the Brooklyn waterfront for the New York artistic community Riley told the Village Voice that he has always been interested in the space where water meets land in the urban landscape 1 The Acorn a replica of the Revolutionary War Turtle A naumachia held in the Civic Arena of Milan in 1807 Contents 1 Work 2 Solo exhibitions 3 Group exhibitions 4 Awards Grants and Scholarships 5 References 6 External linksWork EditOne of Riley s projects entailed a bar constructed from found objects in the concrete pilings that supported the humming Belt Parkway Riley told a reporter for The New York Times that he charged for the drinks so that he was violating New York law by selling alcohol without a license as well as trespassing on federal property 2 In 2007 Riley launched a replica of the Revolutionary War era Turtle a small wooden submarine designed to enable American patriots to sink British Navy ships by attaching mines to the hulls He and two companions who had helped him construct the wooden submarine were arrested by the New York City police when they came within 200 feet of the Queen Mary 2 without authorization at New York City s Red Hook Brooklyn cruise ship terminal 3 Jesse Bushnell one of the men arrested with Riley is a descendant of David Bushnell the inventor of the Turtle 4 In 2009 he constructed four ships for the purpose of staging a Naumachia a Roman style gladiatorial sea battle staged for an audience Riley s Naumachia entitled Those About to Die Salute You was staged at the Queens Museum of Art in a reflecting pool left over from the 1964 World s Fair that was filled with 70 000 gallons of water for the occasion 5 Since the weapons were baguette and tomatoes and the audience as well as the warriors dressed in period costume Artnet described the event as something between a Toga party and fraternity food fight 6 Riley constructed ships from four different historical periods including a model of his nemesis the Queen Mary 2 5 The ships were crewed by staff from four New York City Museums the Queens Museum of Art the Brooklyn Museum the Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo del Barrio of Manhattan Although the ships sank rapidly Riley told The New York Times that he considered the work of art a success since no one was killed drowned injured or arrested 5 In 2016 Fly by Night a performance in the Brooklyn night sky by 2 000 Riley trained LED light carrying pigeons enjoyed tremendous critical and popular success The New York Times called it a revelation 7 His 2017 exhibit Now Those Days Are Gone featured drawings and samplers depicting individual birds mostly pigeons as well as including a bicycle army truck and MASH supplies 8 The bicycle from Now Those Days Are Gone MASH Supplies detail in Now Those Days Are Gone Detail of truck dashboard of Now Those Days Are Gone with its Teach Thomas Paine bumper sticker Solo exhibitions Edit2022 DEATH TO THE LIVING Long Live Trash Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn NY 1 2017 Now Those Days Are Gone Magnan Metz Gallery New York NY 9 2013 Trading With The Enemy Magnan Metz Gallery New York NY 2012 The Rematch Zhujiajiao Shanghai 2011 Two Riparian Tales of Undoing Magnan Metz Gallery New York NY 2010 An Invitation of Lubberland Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art Ohio Reclaiming the Lost Kingdom of Laird as part of Philagrafika 2010 Historical Society of Pennsylvania Second St Patrick s Day Parade Havana Cuba 2009 Those About to Die Salute You Queens Museum of Art NY First St Patrick s Day Parade Havana Cuba 2007 After the Battle of Brooklyn East River Incognita 2 Magnan Projects New York NY 2006 Duke Riley Presents Paul Pierce for Chanel Six Feet Under Series White Box New York NY 2005 United Islands of the East River East River Incognita Sarah Lawrence College NY 2001 Duke Riley Climate 8 New York NYGroup exhibitions Edit2013 Battle Ground Proteus Gowanus Brooklyn NY 2012 To The Stars On The Wings Of An Eel Gowanus Ballroom Brooklyn NY 2011 Sea Worthy Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts New York NY Bienal do Mercosul Port Alegre Brazil 2010 Announcing Magnan Metz Gallery Magnan Metz Gallery New York NY 2009 Bright Path Little Berlin Philadelphia PA Seaworthy Corridor Gallery Brooklyn NY Rent Control NYC Documented and Imagined The Maysles Institute Harlem NY Chelsea Visits Havana Havana Biennial Museo de Bellas Artes Havana Cuba 2008 Maritime Ships Pirates amp Disasters Contemporary Art Galleries Storrs CT Building Steam Grossman Gallery Lafayette College Easton PA Plastic Topography South Street Seaport Museum Melville Gallery New York NY 2007 Grow Your Own Palais de Tokyo Paris France Emergency Room P S 1 Center for Contemporary Art Queens NY Mixed Signals Ronald Feldman Fine Arts New York NY 2006 Ultimate Destination D U M B O Arts Center Gallery Brooklyn NY 2005 Building British Consulate Belfast Northern Ireland A Knock At The Door Lower Manhattan Cultural COuncil New York NY We Could Have Invited Everyone Anrew Krepps Gallery New York NY Inaugural Opening Magnan Projects New York NY 2004 Benefit Show Robert Miller Gallery New York NY T amp A IV GV AS Gallery Brooklyn NY Book Weir Space Belfast Northern Ireland 2002 Invitational Group Show National Arts Show New York NY 2001 Night Swimming State of Art Gallery Brooklyn NY 2000 Of Earth and Sky American Museum of National History New York NY 1999 Three Perwson Exhibition C Francis Gallery Providence RI 1996 Invitational Group Show Bernard Toale Gallery Boston MAAwards Grants and Scholarships Edit2013The Percent for Art Commission PS 343 Manhattan NY 2012Creative Time Global Residency Africa Gasworks International Residency Programme London 2011Pollock Krasner Foundation New York NY smARTpower U S State Department Shanghai China Residency The Wassaic Project Wassaic NY Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Painters an Sculptors New York NY 2010MTA Arts for Transit ArtCard New York NY AICA Award 2nd Place Best Project in a Public Space Duke Riley Those About to Die Salute You 2009Art Matters Foundation New York NY 2008MTA Arts for Transit Commission Beach 98th Street Station Renovation 2011 Completion Chashama Residency Fremantle Arts Center Fremantle Western Australia 2007Residency Fremantle Arts Center Fremantle Western Australia 2005Graduate Academic Achievement Scholarship Pratt Institute Brooklyn NY Circumnavigate Independent Project Grant Artists Space New York NY 2004Lagenside Development Corporation Grant Cathedral Arts Quarter Annual Festival Belfast Northern Ireland 2003Belfast Arts and Business Partners Foundation Grant Northern IrelandReferences Edit Life of Riley Archived January 18 2009 at the Wayback Machine Silke Tudor May 23 2006 Village Voice When Making Art Becomes a Night at the Beach Randy Kennedy June 26 2006 The New York Times Makeshift submarine found in East River August 3 2007 Archived from the original on May 30 2012 Egg head skipper shore isn t upset Jotham Sederstrom and Christina Boyle Daily News New York a b c In Queens a Battle on the Low Seas and May the Best Artist Win The New York Times Libby Nelson August 14 2009 Artnet Duke Riley s Insane Triumph Jerry Saltz Smith Roberta May 9 2016 Review In Fly by Night Pigeons Light Up the Brooklyn Navy Yard The New York Times Retrieved May 9 2016 Jen Chung See Duke Riley s 1 000 Hand Painted And Embroidered Pigeon Paintings Gothamist October 14 2017 http gothamist com 2017 10 14 duke riley pigeons php Archived October 17 2017 at the Wayback Machine DUKE RILEY Now Those Days Are Gone EXHIBITIONS Magnan Metz Gallery External links EditOfficial website Duke Riley s Art Card commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duke Riley amp oldid 1101373885, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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