Duke Riley
Monument to Five Thousand Years of Temptation and Deception V, 2022
Reclaimed ocean plastic, paint, fish hooks
27 1/2 × 68 1/2 × 4 inches
DR137
Exhibitions
"Duke Riley: O’er the Wide and Plastic Sea," Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, February 7, 2025-August 31, 2025 (mid-career survey, solo exhibition)."DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash," Brookline Museum, June 17, 2022–July 16, 2023 (solo exhibition).
Literature
"Duke Riley Makes Waves with Big Plastic" White Wallhttps://whitewall.art/sustainability/duke-riley-makes-waves-with-big-plastic/
"Duke Riley's Burlesque Spin on The Trappings of Museum Display and Folk Art" Louis Bruy, Hyperallergic July 27 2022
https://hyperallergic.com/748326/duke-riley-death-to-the-living-brooklyn-museum/