{"id":22745,"date":"2017-10-04T12:31:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=22745"},"modified":"2017-10-04T14:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:23:48","slug":"now-those-days-are-gone-duke-riley-at-magnan-metz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/now-those-days-are-gone-duke-riley-at-magnan-metz\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Those Days Are Gone: Duke Riley at Magnan Metz"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, September 26 Magnan Metz hosted the opening reception of <\/span>Duke Riley: Now Those Days Are Gone<\/span><\/i><\/a>, a celebration and extension of Riley\u2019s public art piece Fly by Night<\/em> (2016). Including elements from Fly by Night<\/em>\u00a0along with new works inspired by it, the show presents\u00a0a political reimagining of the New York City pigeon culture of days past and features works from the past ten years of Riley\u2019s career.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fly by Night II<\/em>, 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking up an entire room in the gallery space are large-scale, long exposure photographs of the LED patterns created by the thousands of pigeons in Fly By Night<\/em>. The photos capture\u00a0the abstract pattern\u00a0that, while serene and contemplative in its dusky cobalt, traces the erratic choreography of the\u00a0carrier pigeons. Originally commissioned by Creative Time<\/a> and the Brooklyn Navy Yard (which was once home to the country\u2019s largest naval fleet of pigeon carriers), the temporal\u00a0wonder of the original\u00a0Fly By Night<\/em>\u00a0project\u00a0leaves\u00a0a tangible trace in these photographs.<\/p>\n

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The Armies of the Night<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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While the photographs of Riley\u2019s work present a stoic, macro, and quietly nostalgic perspective into Fly by Night<\/em>, his installation The Armies of the Night<\/em> provides a microscope view of\u00a0the flock he employed as\u00a0tiny drones with LED beacons. The Armies of the Night <\/em>presents a partial view of a\u00a0whole 1,000 painted and embroidered panels, each depicting an individual carrier pigeon and identifying it by moniker, loft, and crew. Aside from some of Riley\u2019s more political installations in the show (Death from<\/em> Above, mosaics of hawks menacingly swooping down to snatch their prey – in this show’s lexicon, pigeons), The Armies of the Night<\/em> is a fun one to look at with a friend after happy hour – personal favorites include a cheerful-looking Russian Damascene Mix by the name of \u201cBad Ass Mother Fucker\u201d and a particularly plump Black Danish Tippler with a far-off look in its eye called\u00a0\u201cCheese Danish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other highlights of Duke Riley: Now Those Days Are Gone<\/em> include an impressive 3.5 x 14 foot seashell mosaic bearing the title of the show that gives off an \u201cAncient Roman tile mosaic meets Cape Cod\u201d vibe, and \u201cIt\u2019s coming through a hole in the air,\u201d a massive Egyptian-style work on paper depicting everything from hermaphroditic mermaids to MC Hammer (as a hammerhead shark).<\/p>\n

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Duke Riley: Now Those Days Are Gone<\/em> is on view through October 21st at Magnan Metz Gallery<\/a>, 521 – 524 West 26th Street in Chelsea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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