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Beauty and strength

Portraits by Michael Riley

Previous exhibition

from Saturday 22 March until Sunday 17 August 2014

Hetti, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1990 (printed 2013) Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2021

Influential Indigenous Australian artist Michael Riley (1960 - 2004) created these portrait photographs between 1984 and 1990 - they stand as an intricately connected group portrait of the vibrant urban-based Indigenous arts community in Sydney's inner-west at a formative moment.

15 portraits
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1 Tracey, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1986 (printed 2013). 2 Darrell, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1990 (printed 2013). 3 Kristina, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1984 (printed 2013). 4 Linda and Binni, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1984 (printed 2013). All Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2021.