";s:4:"text";s:4777:"He is a tattoo artist who employs a rich array of maritime motifs: seagulls, lighthouses, fish.
As he communicated to the birds using an array of flags, whistles and bells, they swooped and soared in unison against the Manhattan skyline.Riley is not against development, as long as it is for all. But people who actually keep pigeons know that is bullshit,” he says.When you speak to Riley, you get a sense that the pigeons in Fly by Night represent oral history – an interest that is reflected in all of Riley’s work: “There is so much information that is not written down.
Riley read Wendell Levi’s authoritative reference book – titled, simply, Pigeons – on domesticating the animals.
But what is important to me, might be so buried in history that it gets lost.” Arts Center Gallery, Brooklyn, NYThe Percent for Art Commission, PS 343 Manhattan, NYResidency, Fremantle Arts Center, Fremantle, Western Australia"Duke Riley", Climate 8, New York, NY"Invitational Group Show", National Arts Show", New York, NYBelfast Arts and Business Partners Foundation Grant, Northern Ireland"Sea Worthy", Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY"Bienal do Mercosul", Port Alegre, Brazil"Three-Perwson Exhibition", C. Francis Gallery, Providence, RI"After the Battle of Brooklyn: East River Incognita 2", Magnan Projects, New York, NYMTA Arts for Transit ArtCard, New York, NYAICA Award, 2nd Place Best Project in a Public Space: "Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You""Benefit Show", Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY"T&A IV", GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY"Book", Weir Space, Belfast, Northern Ireland"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, CubaArt Matters Foundation, New York, NYCreative Time Global Residency, AfricaGasworks International Residency Programme, London"Grow Your Own", Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France"Emergency Room", P.S. Pictured, Princess Beatrice and … Riley points out that all progressive cities in the US are major port cities: New York, New Orleans, San Francisco.
Mrs. Riley was a member of Braggtown Baptist Church. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. It affects the mindset of the people,” he says.As we sit in the Navy Yard, overlooking the East River, it is hard to avoid that all that Riley loves about the waterfront is at risk here in New York.
1 Center for Contemporary Art, Queens, NY"Mixed Signals", Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY"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, NYPollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NYsmARTpower, U.S. State Department, Shanghai, ChinaResidency, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NYJoan Mitchell Foundation Grant, Painters an Sculptors, New York, NY"Of Earth and Sky", American Museum of National History, New York, NY"Two Riparian Tales of Undoing", Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NYMTA Arts for Transit Commission: Beach 98th Street Station Renovation, 2011 CompletionChashama Residency, Fremantle Arts Center, Fremantle, Western Australia"The Rematch", Zhujiajiao, ShanghaiLagenside Development Corporation Grant, Cathedral Arts Quarter, Annual Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland"United Islands of the East River: East River Incognita", Sarah Lawrence College, NY"Battle Ground", Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY"Those About to Die Salute You", Queens Museum of Art, NY"First St. Patrick's Day Parade", Havana, Cuba"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"Invitational Group Show", Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA"Announcing Magnan Metz Gallery", Magnan Metz Gallery,New York, NY
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