{"product_id":"duke-riley-tides-and-transgressions-hardcover","title":"Duke Riley: Tides and Transgressions - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDuke Riley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMeredith Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eAnne Pasternak\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuke 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 \u003ci\u003eFly by Night\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThose About to Die Salute You\u003c\/i\u003e at the Queens Museum.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuke Riley \u003c\/b\u003eis an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. \u003cb\u003eAnne Pasternak\u003c\/b\u003e is the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum. \u003cb\u003eMeredith Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis the vice president of arts and culture and head curator at the Trust for Governors Island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 12.3 x 9.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765892874528,"sku":"9780847872411","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d90d6e27546bce0bd7fefdb3e916fb82.webp?v=1780282404","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/duke-riley-tides-and-transgressions-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}