Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings

Description

Bridget Riley is one of the most important British painters of our time. Since the early 1960s, when she first gained recognition with her powerful black and white paintings, the artist has continued to explore the principles of abstraction in startling and original ways. Through her systematic engagement with colour, tone, form and structure, Riley pushes the boundaries of perception, challenging us to look at the world anew. This landmark publication brings together for the first time all of Bridget Riley's known paintings, including well over 650 works ranging from the late 1940s to 2017. Each painting is illustrated with a full-page colour image, many of which have been sourced from the artist's extensive archive and rarely published. Drawing on archival research and expert knowledge, the publication includes an introductory essay, explanation of materials and methods, extended exhibition history, biographical information and explanatory notes. The publication benefits from the remarkable input of Bridget Riley herself, who has been present at every stage of the project and has provided first-hand information about her work and exhibition and sales history. Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings is a seminal visual resource and provides the most comprehensive overview of the artist's paintings to date.

Robert Kudielka is Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at the Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin. Among his many other publications is Bridget Riley: Dialogues on Art and (co-author) Bridget Riley: The Complete Paintings Alexandra Tommasini (PhD) has been working closely with the artist since 2012. Natalia Naish (MA) has been working closely with the artist since 2012.

A reasoned and meticulously detailed register of over 600 works... One does not read Bridget Riley so much as experience it like a retrospective exhibition, in a progression that is as linear as the paintings for which she is best known: from her first paintings, copies of the pointillist Seurat, to studious geometric canvases to later mind-bending visual experiences that wink at the barriers of consciousness.-- "The New York Times Book Review"