Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio

Jay A. Clarke, Thomas Crow, Rachel Federman, Cynthia Burlingham

Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
13 September 2022
ISBN:
978-1-9163474-8-9
Dimensions:
160 pages: 269 x 244mm
Illustrations:
130 colour and b/w images

Devoted exclusively to the artist’s works on paper, Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio explores the importance of these works not only as a means of visual experimentation but as works of art in their own right. Throughout her working life, Riley has preserved works of particular significance, creating an archive that records her constant artistic inquiry and development. The studies presented in the book are drawn entirely from this personal collection, with Riley’s own input. They demonstrate the artist’s progression from early figurative works, through the monochrome geometry of the 1960s, to the examination of color that has characterized the second half of her long career. The choice of work explores the themes that have absorbed Riley in different periods and highlights key influences: the importance of life drawing to her and the significance of artists such as Seurat and Mondrian. The book illustrates—literally and figuratively—the story of a productive and constantly experimental career, underpinned by drawing.

Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio accompanies the exhibition of the same title touring the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York, in 2022 and 2023.

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