Michael Riley
a series of links - including essays by Gael Newton AM
Michael Riley (1960–2004) was an Australian Indigenous photographer and film-maker, and co-founder of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative. A significant figure in Contemporary Indigenous Australian art, Riley's work is held by many public art institutions including the National Gallery of Australia.
Riley's photographs range widely, but with an emphasis on portraiture, and on symbolic, sometimes surreal images.
His parents were churchgoers, and Riley appropriated the iconography of his 'creepy' religious experiences, particularly in projects such as flyblown (1998) and cloud (2000/2005).
About Michael Riley:
Link to online biographical database
Gael Newton essays:
Michael Riley ~ Kristina 1986. Originally published in the NGA's Artonview, winter 2006
Michael Riley: Sights Unseen, essay for the exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia 2006
Other links:
Main Link to the NGA 2006 exhibition - Michael Riley; Sights Unseen
Review ~ Sights Unseen By Robert McFarlane March 21, 2008
The Michael Riley Foundation
Michael Riley at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Exhibition photos of the NGA's exhibition Sights Unseen
University of Technology Sydney - pdf document about CLOUD
2008 online video
Michael Riley at the NGA - use this search - then type in Michael Riley
Michael Riley at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Michael Riley at the National Gallery of Victoria
Obituary for Michael Riley
First Generation: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photographers, Gael Newton AM, 1998
Link to Gael Newton's Essays and Articles
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