Organized by MOCA Cleveland; Curated by Megan Lykins Reich, Director of Education and Associate Curator

Marjorie Talalay Gallery

For his MOCA exhibition, An Invitation to Lubber Land, Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley is creating a new body of work based on the early 20th century itinerant experience in Cleveland.  Riley's work often focuses on the relationship of marginalized people to mainstream society.  Waterways and intersections of water and land serve as literal and metaphoric sites for his artistic practice.  In this exhibition, Riley focuses on a prehistoric, now underground waterway in Cleveland called Kingsbury Run, along which a massive shantytown created by itinerant workers - a kind of "hobo jungle" - once existed.  This itinerant village was burned down in 1938 by Elliot Ness and his officials in response to a serial killer who was targeting the Cleveland hobo population.  Riley re-envisions this historic event through an ambitious installation including video, mosaic, drawing, found objects, and sculpture.

You can watch our Fall 2010 Exhibitions promotional video get a sneak peek at some of the works in this exhbition: http://vimeo.com/14399289

Duke Riley's website: http://dukeriley.info/index.html