Elizabeth Riley

Elizabeth Riley

  • 2015–22: Video Media Art
    • Wall Work, 2022
    • Wall Work, 2020-21
    • Large Wall Work, 2019-21
    • Wall Work, 2018
    • City Remix, 2017
    • Wall Work, 2017
    • Wall Work, Plus, 2015-16
    • Paper Dragons, Brooklyn
    • Video City
  • 2010–14: Video Media Art
    • Paper Dragons, Atlanta
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    • Table with Ocean View
    • Dragons of Iceland
    • Tabletop Cityscape
    • Circle Wall
    • FUTURE HOME Installation & Participatory Wall
    • Moving/Still Print Series
  • 2008-10: Video Media Art
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    • Flying the Frame
    • Fern, transit the sun
    • Dragons of Iceland
    • Party Animal
    • Green Chair 2
    • Green Chair
    • Liberty
    • . . . the new world
  • Earlier Work
    • Urban Projects
      • Ambulation Project
      • 30 St/10 Ave Project
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Difference and Equality: Windows on Size
2002; Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank NJ
Plexiglas folding screens, colored tape
Each window: 72 x 50 x 22"

In this four window installation each window contains a two element plexiglas structure, consisting of a larger and smaller folding screen, the rectangular units of which are wrapped with black, white or orange tape. The smaller folding screens are the same size from window to window, while the height of the larger screens varies.


For two of the stacked units, a larger structure supports a smaller - while for the other two, a smaller structure is under and supports a larger unit. The perceived comfortableness or awkwardness of these functions raises questions of kinds and quality of strength or support, as well as perceptions or intuitions of weight and limitation.


These relations between material structures - which can be seen as charting a delicate balance between material and human realities - can be read also as addressing issues of personal and social space, as in feelings of self worth, or questions and pressures between social groups as in a measure of "piece of the pie."

All images © Elizabeth Riley 2023