Bridget Riley: Paintings and Drawings 1961-2004
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Published to accompany a major retrospective, this lavishly produced volume surveys Bridget Riley’s innovative approach to painting and drawing. Bridget Riley is one of the leading abstract painters of her generation. She first attracted critical attention with the dazzling black and white paintings made during the 1960s, and has continued to develop new styles in her work through a considered approach to color, shape, and perception. This volume is a comprehensive survey of Riley’s work – covering over four decades of paintings and studies – and contains numerous color illustrations alongside five essays and an interview with the artist by Jenny Harper.
Publisher: Ridinghouse
Artists: Bridget Riley
Contributors: Lynne Cooke, Jenny Harper, Robert Kudielka, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Paul Moorhouse, Paula Savage
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Softcover
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 13 in (26 x 33 cm)
Pages: 172
Reproductions: 66 color
ISBN: 9780954171063
Retail: $60 US & Canada | £25 | €32
Status: Available
Bridget Riley
One of the most significant artists working today, Bridget Riley’s dedication to the interaction of form and color has led to a continued exploration of perception. From the early 1960s, she has used elementary shapes such as lines, circles, curves, and squares to create visual experiences that actively engage the viewer, at times triggering optical sensations of vibration and movement. Her earliest black-and-white compositions offer impressions of several other pigments, while ensuing, multi-chromatic works present color as an active component. Although abstract, her practice is closely linked with nature, which she understands to be “the dynamism of visual forces—an event rather than an appearance.”
Robert Kudielka
Robert Kudielka is an art historian and former Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at the University of the Arts, Berlin. He is the co-author with Bridget Riley of Paul Klee: The Nature of Creation, Works, 1914-1940 (2002) and author and editor of numerous books on Riley, including Robert Kudielka on Bridget Riley: Essays and interviews since 1972 (2005; revised and expanded edition, 2014) and The Eye’s Mind: Bridget Riley, Collected Writings 1965-2009 (2009).
Paul Moorhouse
Paul Moorhouse is the 20th Century Curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London, where he is responsible for acquisitions, displays, and research relating to the collection within the period from 1914 to 1990. Since 2005, he has organized several exhibitions at the museum, including Pop Art Portraits (2007), Gerhard Richter Portraits (2009), and The Queen: Art and Image (2012). Recent publications include Pop Art Portraits (2007), Anthony Caro: Presence (2010), Bridget Riley: From Life (2010), and A Guide to Twentieth Century Portraits (2013).