| ISBN |
9780642541628 |
| 0642541620 |
| Author |
Croft, Brenda L., 1964- |
| Title |
Michael Riley : sights unseen / Brenda L. Croft. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2006. |
| Description |
176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Michael Riley : sights unseen," held at the National Gallery of Australia, 14 Jul. 2006 to 16 Oct. 2006. |
| The exhibition also travelled to: Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Vic. 16 Nov. 2006-25 Feb. 2007, Dubbo Regional Gallery, Dubbo and Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, 12 May-8 Jul. 2007, 19 May-15 Jul. respectively, Museum of Brisbane, Qld 27 Jul-19 Nov. 2007, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Nsw 22 Feb.-27 Apr. 2008. |
| Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: p. 165-166. |
| Contents |
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 -- Snapshots - Dubbo: Auntie Ruby McGuiness, Ron Riley, Deborah Ryan, Auntie Dot Riley and Diane McNaboe, Will and his mother, Dorothy "Dot" Burns, Wendy Hockley, Lynette Riley-Mundine, Bernadette Yhi Riley -- Snapshots - Moree: Edna Craigie, Reena Fernando and Cathy Craigie; P.J. Swann, Lyall Munro jnr and Cathy Craigie, Brent Beale and Cathy Craigie -- Snapshots - Sydney and Melbourne: Bruce Hart, Hetti Perkins, Tracey Moffatt, John Delaney and David Riley, Darrell Sibosado and Cathy Craigie, Joe Hurst, Jeffrey Samuels, Melissa Abraham and Joyce (Dooki) Abraham, Frances Peters-Little, Avrill Quaill, Destiny Deacon, Virginia Fraser -- Frame-by-frame - film: Imagination: the moving image in the work of Michael Riley / Victoria Lynn: Joe Hurst, Lisa Reihana, Warwick Thornton and Beck Cole, Troy J. Russell, Rachel Perkins -- Cloud: Wungguli - shadow: photographing the spirit and Michael Riley / Djon Mundine: Alasdair Foster, Jonathan Jones, Francisco Fisher -- I wanted to tell stories / Michael Riley -- After image / Ben Riley. |
| Summary |
Michael Riley 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. |
| Terms of use |
National Gallery of Australia 2006. |
| Subjects |
Riley, Michael, -- 1960-2004 |
| National Gallery of Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions |
| Photography -- Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Motion picture industry -- Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Croft, Brenda L., 1964- |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
National Gallery of Australia |
| Related title |
Sights unseen. |
| Call number |
EDWARDS 770.92 CRO |
