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Copyright the artist | | | Riley, Bridget (1931 - ) UK
Orient IV, 1970
Acrylic on canvas; 223.5 x 323 cm Op Art
UID 102-486
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Biography
British painter and commercial designer. She studied at Goldsmith College (1949-52) and the Royal College of Art (1952-55), both in London. Between 1958 and 1959, she worked for an advertising agency at the same time as developing the Pointillism technique in her paintings. After these experiences, her interest returned to coloured painting and the optical effects it brought, causing the illusion of movement on the surface of the canvas. Around 1960, she explored the Pointillism of Seurat and between 1961 and 1965 restricted her palette to black and white with which, after 1964, she produced her most serene works. Later, she returned colour to her works and, in the mid 70s, through the use of white, managed to filter one colour into another, so as either to produce a third or to diminish the effect of the other two. In 1968, she received the first prize for painting at the Venice Biennale and, between 1968 and 1977, she took part in documenta 4 and 6 in Kassel. After a visit to Egypt in 1980-81, her works captured the spirit of the place, ancient and modern, and reflected the colours of the Egyptian landscape. Just like the painter Vasarely, one of her great sources of inspiration, Riley has contracted assistants to complete her paintings although she keeps a watchful eye on what is being produced.
Exhibitions
Bridget Riley (Tate, London) Tate - Britain, United Kingdom 26-06-2003 ~ 28-09-2003
Bridget Riley International Tour (London) British Council (London), United Kingdom 01-01-1978 ~ 31-12-1978
Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance DIA Center for the Arts, USA 21-09-2000 ~ 17-06-2001
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Manchester) Whitworth Art Gallery, United Kingdom 01-04-1973 ~ 30-05-1973
Bridget Riley (London) Hayward Gallery, United Kingdom 01-07-1971 ~ 30-09-1971
ROSC 71 Royal Dublin Society Municipal Gallery, Rep. Ireland 01-10-1971 ~ 31-12-1971
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-10-2003 ~ 22-02-2004
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
Bridget Riley (Pittsburgh) Carnegie Institute, USA 01-01-1971 ~ 31-12-1971
Bridget Riley International Tour (Buffalo) Albright Knox Art Gallery, USA 01-09-1978 ~ 31-10-1978
Bridget Riley International Tour (Dallas) Museum of Fine Arts (Dallas), USA 01-10-1978 ~ 30-11-1978
Bridget Riley International Tour (Sidney) Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sidney), Australia 01-07-1979 ~ 31-08-1979
Bridget Riley International Tour (Perth) Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth), Australia 01-09-1979 ~ 31-10-1979
Bridget Riley International Tour (Tokyo) National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo), Japan 01-01-1980 ~ 31-03-1980
Bridget Riley International Tour (Edinburgh) Fruitmarket Gallery, United Kingdom 01-03-1980 ~ 31-05-1980
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
British Exhibition Art 75 (Basel) Schweizer Mustermesse, Switzerland 01-06-1975 ~ 30-06-1975
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Bristol) City Art Gallery and Arnolfini Gallery (Bristol), United Kingdom 01-12-1973 ~ 31-01-1974
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Letchworth) Museum and Art Gallery (Letchworth), USA 01-09-1973 ~ 31-10-1973
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Birmingham) City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham), United Kingdom 01-08-1973 ~ 30-09-1973
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Sheffield) Mappin Art Gallery, United Kingdom 01-05-1973 ~ 30-06-1973
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Durham) D.L.I. Museum and Art Centre, 01-06-1973 ~ 31-07-1973
Bridget Riley 1961-1973 (Edinburgh) Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, United Kingdom 01-07-1973 ~ 30-08-1973
La Peinture Anglaise d´Aujourd'hui Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France 01-02-1973 ~ 28-02-1973
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Arriscar o Real Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 08-06-2009 ~ 30-09-2009
Bibliography
Apollo Magazine, 1971
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972990300X
Bridget Riley, 2003 Published by Tate Gallery
Bridget Riley, 1971 Published by Hayward Gallery
Bridget Riley, 1973 Published by Whitworth Art Gallery
Bridget Riley – Reconnaissance, 2000 Published by Dia Center for the Arts
Bridget Riley International Tour, 1978-1980 Published by British Council
British Exhibition Art 75, 1975 Published by Schweizer Mustermesse
Christie's, Post-War British Art, 1993 Published by Christie's
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
La Peinture Anglaise d'Aujourd'hui, 1973 Published by British Council
ROSC 71, 1971 Published by Royal Dublin Society Municipal Gallery
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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