{"id":428,"date":"2007-11-02T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/11\/02\/duke-rileyafter-the-battle-of-brooklynthrudec-22\/"},"modified":"2007-11-10T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2007-11-10T21:40:14","slug":"duke-rileyafter-the-battle-of-brooklynthrudec-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/11\/02\/duke-rileyafter-the-battle-of-brooklynthrudec-22\/","title":{"rendered":"~DUKE RILEY\/AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN\/thru\/DEC 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Duke
\nthe story hits the media in the first week of AUGUST, this past summer – the gallery has an album of all the archival media coverage\/this is the:
\nSATURDAY AUG 4, 2007, NEW YORK POST – COVER<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nat the opening, from left: ALEX PERFIDO (PERFIDO DESIGNS\/furniture & set designs\/Willliamsburg), his associate CHARLES SMITH, DUKE RILEY, himself, and ALBERTO MAGNAN of MAGNAN PROJECTS – the gallery sponsoring the exhibit.. Alex Perfido and Charles Smith helped build the submarine (titled – ‘The Acorn’).
\nDUKE RILEY was born in Boston, MASSACHUSETTS, and has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Pratt Institute. <\/p>\n

\"Duke
\n‘The Acorn’ – the actual submersible that went onto the water. approx 8 x 6 ft – they had to take out the storefront window to get it in – the gallery – with only about 1\/4 in. of clearance !!<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\n‘After the Battle of Brooklyn’ “revolves around historical obscurities that took place in New York during the American Revolutionary War. In addition to drawings. mosaics, and videos, Riley constructed a replica of the first primitive Revolutionary War submarine (‘The Turtle’) that is propelled by a hand crank and submersible for up to 20 minutes. In 1776 George Washington’s Continental Army used these subs to target the British flagship, ‘The Eagle’. Putting a contemporary spin on this idea, Riley launched his submarine (‘The Acorn’) while The Queen Mary 2 was docked in the Brooklyn Harbor and captured the attention of the Coast Guard, NYPD, and major newspapers.” – press release <\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nan amazing video clip is projected on a gallery wall – it – definite -caught all the action !!!!
\nfrom the beginning, . . . Duke Riley gets into the ‘The Acorn’ – it has just been launched into the Brooklyn Harbor.<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nTHE QUEEN MARY 2 – as long – as the CHRYSLER BUILDING – is tall.
\n(the theme of which – is the subject – of a huge drawing in the show – ‘Curtains for the Free World’, ink on canary paper, 72 x 111 ins.)<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nB-U-S-T-E-D !!!<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nand taken out !!!<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nDUKE RILEY, small ink drawing on canary paper – in the 10TH AVE GALLERY SPACE<\/p>\n

\"DUKE
\nDUKE RILEY, small ink drawing on canary paper. as well, as an obviously original thinker, DUKE RILEY is a fine draftsman & craftsman – all the work, the ACORN construction, drawings, scrimshaw replications & mosaics, were done by him directly, hands-on.<\/p>\n

\"DUKE
\nDUKE RILEY, small tile mosaic<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nclose-up, DUKE RILEY, small tile mosaic<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nDUKE RILEY, scrimshaw work – his love of nautical folk art – was reflected in a folk music – fife & whistle soundtrack – that played at the opening – in the MAGNAN NEMRICH SPACE on 28TH STREET -&- which housed – ‘The Acorn’. <\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nDUKE RILEY, huge tile mosaic, ‘Bringing 370 New Jobs to Redhook’, 15 ft. long – with iridescent windows, supposedly: an ironic take on failed economic policy – (I think, in title, only . . ) is also – the image on the show’s 3 part, black,white & gray, folded card.<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\n. . at the opening, TIM DAVIS, who works at CORBIS, helped DUKE RILEY get the huge media blitz – out there – with, a little luck – it was a dead stretch in the middle of the summer.<\/p>\n

\"DUke
\n. . also at the opening, LIAM DAVIS, brother to TIM DAVIS, (above), and longtime Duke Riley friend – took some of the photos that made it into the blanket media coverage – his pix made the NEW YORK POST & NEWSDAY.<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nBRENDAN CARNEY, DUKE RILEY pal, printed the photos in the show, and was part of the crew that installed the show & that built\/launched the sub. He is standing in front of the large ink drawing, ‘Curtains for the Free World’, at the DUKE RILEY, ‘After the Battle of Brooklyn’, opening.<\/p>\n

\"Duke
\nDUKE RILEY setting out on his trip. PHOTO BY CHUCK D – a professional photographer who just happened to be in the ‘hood’ – on a very lucky day – for both of them – !!! <\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, taken at the opening, NOV 1, 2007
\nDUKE RILEY, ‘AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN’, MAGNAN PROJECTS<\/p>\n

DUKE RILEY – AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN – EAST RIVER INCOGNITA II<\/strong><\/p>\n

the show runs: NOVEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 22, 2007<\/p>\n

MAGNAN PROJECTS – 317 10TH AVE – CHELSEA, NYC
\nMAGNAN NEMRICH CONTEMPORARY – 505 WEST 28TH ST – CHELSEA, NYC<\/p>\n

www.dukeriley.info<\/a><\/p>\n

MAGNAN PROJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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