Bridget Riley
Texts : Michael Bracewell, Éric de Chassey, John Elderfield, Dave Hickey, Robert Kudielka, Bridget Riley, Richard Shiff, Frances Spalding, David Sylvester, David Thompson ; Director's foreword : Sir John Leighton, Dr Simon Groom, Ralph Rugoff
Language: English
Published by National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2019
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This extensive exhibition, which took over both floors of the Royal Scottish Academy, was the first museum survey of Bridget Riley’s work to be held in the UK for 16 years, and the largest exhibition of her work to be shown in Scotland. Spanning over 70 years of work, it focused on the origins of Riley’s practice and traced pivotal moments across her acclaimed career. It featured very early paintings and drawings, many of which were being exhibited for the first time, iconic black-and-white paintings of the 1960s, Riley’s expansive explorations into colour, wall paintings and works made this year, as well as studies that reveal Riley’s working methods. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 15 June - 22 September 2019; and at Hayward Gallery, London, 23 October 2019 - 26 January 2020. 279 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 28 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…
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- Title
- Bridget Riley
- Author
- Texts : Michael Bracewell, Éric de Chassey, John Elderfield, Dave Hickey, Robert Kudielka, Bridget Riley, Richard Shiff, Frances Spalding, David Sylvester, David Thompson ; Director's foreword : Sir John Leighton, Dr Simon Groom, Ralph Rugoff
- Publisher
- National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1911054325
- ISBN 13
- 9781911054320
- Seller catalogs
- Art, Art Theory, Biography
- Includes a selection of critical writings starting with David Sylvester's review of her first exhibition in 1962 and ending with Dave Hickey's foreword to her 2019 exhibition in LA
- Featuring reviews, essays, statements and conversations that have been specially selected by the artist and include her own writings
- This book marks the first major survey of Riley's work to be staged in Scotland and the first of its scale in the UK since 2003
- Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland from June until September 2019, and at the Hayward, London, October to January 2020
This landmark book reflects on almost 70 years of works by Bridget Riley (b.1931), from some of her earliest to very recent projects, providing a unique record of the work of an artist still very much at the height of her powers. Essays from leading scholars and commentators on Riley's work will make this title the authority on Riley's practice.
In the last decade, Riley has continued to push her practice considerably, producing several large-scale site-specific wall paintings as well as continuing to develop new paintings. This book will explore these recent developments. It will also examine the notable influence that other artists such as Georges Seurat and Piet Mondrian have had on Riley's work.
Contents: essays by Bridget Riley, Robert Kudielka, Eric de Chassey, David Sylvester, Michael Bracewell, John Elderfield, Dave Hickey, Richard Shiff, among others.
Published to accompany an exhibition taking place in the National Galleries of Scotland, running from June - September 2019.
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