Full Description
Michael Riley (1960-2004) was one of the most important contemporary Australian Indigenous visual artists of the past two decades. His contribution to the urban-based Indigenous visual arts industry was substantial and his film and video work challenged non-Indigenous perceptions of Indigenous experience, particularly among the most disenfranchised communities in the eastern region of Australia. He worked with Indigenous people from communities throughout rural and remote regions of Australia and brought a singularly Indigenous visual language to the forefront of international contemporary art.
Riley's work is not social-documentary but draws on a multiplicity of influences—European and North American film-making, international fashion and design, and Indigenous and European spirituality and its contradictions.
Contents
Foreword / Ron Radford
Introduction / Linda Burney
Up in the sky, behind the clouds / Brenda L. Croft
The elders: Indigenous photography in Australia / Gael Newton
In retrospect / Anthony 'Ace' Bourke
The meek Michael Riley / Nikos Papastergiadis
Shapshots - Dubbo
Snapshots - Moree
Snapshots - Sydney and Melbourne
Frame-by-Frame - Film
Imagination: The moving image in the work of Michael Riley / Victoria Lynn
Cloud
Wungguli - Shadow: Photographing the spirit and Michael Riley / Djon Mundine
I wanted to tell stories / Michael Riley
After image / Ben Riley
Exhibition checklist
Chronology
Glossary
Map
Select bibliography
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index
