Duke Riley is fascinated by maritime history and events around the waterways of New York. Riley uses antiquated maritime craft, such as scrimshaw, tattooing, and sailor's valentines, as well as large scale drawing, sculpture, photography, and installation to interweave historical and contemporary events with elements of fiction and myth to create allegorical histories.
Discipline:
Visual Art – drawing
Duke Riley
Discipline:
Visual Art – drawing
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2017
More:
www.dukeriley.info
Paul Pierce
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2006
LKLA-Occupied Territory on Pettys Island (aerial documentation)
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2010
Chopping Them Into Bits
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2010
This Tree That Men Chopped Down
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2012
Farewell All Joys! More Fools Than Wise
I'm Ugly But I'm Tender
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2013
It Will Warm You Twice
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2015
Fly By Night
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2016
That's What She Said
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2016
Studios
Eastman
Duke Riley worked in the Eastman studio.
Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…