{"id":1751,"date":"2010-09-10T08:47:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T13:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2010-09-10T08:51:11","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T13:51:11","slug":"duke-riley-lands-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/09\/10\/duke-riley-lands-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"~DUKE RILEY LANDS IN OHIO !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDUKE RILEY – ‘An Invitation to Lubber Land’, 2010\/FILM STILL\/COURTESY & COPYRIGHT: DUKE RILEY<\/p>\n

. . . island of Manhattan aside – if you happen to be the mid-west – here’s the opening to make !!<\/p>\n

‘DUKE RILEY: AN INVITATION TO LUBBER LAND’ – OPENS TO-NITE – FRI SEPT 10, 2010 \/ 7-10 PM
\nOn View September 10th, 2010 thru January 9th, 2011
\nMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND<\/a>
\n8501 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OHIO.<\/p>\n

note: there will be an ARTIST TALK – with DUKE RILEY – ‘CIGARETTE TREES & OTHER HOBO FANTASIES’ – at the start of tonight’s opening – 7 PM.<\/p>\n

you can read more about the exhibit: here !!<\/a><\/p>\n

. . . but here are some of the most pertinent & colorful details, that Duke sent along . . . quote:<\/p>\n

HISTORY:
\nBuried beneath the city of Cleveland is a prehistoric river known as Kingsbury Run. Before it was re-routed underground, itinerant workers made their home along its banks. During the depression of the 1890s, a “tramp census” conducted by John McCook indicated 6% of the population of the United States were itinerant. At that time Cleveland was regarded as a “hobos’ paradise” because of the gracious handouts itinerants would receive, and lenient treatment by the city’s police.
\nDuring the Great Depression of the 1930s the itinerant population swelled to 30%, and the Kingsbury Run grew into a sprawling shantytown. However, a series of gruesome murders occurred along the Run, targeting the hobos. As a band-aid solution to stop the serial killings, the police department arrested and displaced the population, burning the neighborhood to the ground.<\/p>\n

PROJECT:
\nToday, itinerant cultures both nationally and globally are being marginalized to the brink of extinction. The hobo census, a once respected barometer for the American economy is now obsolete.
\nMotivated by our current economic climate, I traveled the country by freight train, attempting to re-conduct McCook’s census, ultimately returning to Cleveland. By infiltrating the sewer system. I regained access to the forgotten Kingsbury Run. In search of the lost “hobos’ paradise” I followed the Run, beneath the streets of Cleveland to its headwater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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