Bridget Riley : wall works, 1983-2023 / essays, Bridget Riley, Éric de Chassey, Michael Bracewell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riley, Bridget, 1931- contributor.

Chassey, Éric de, contributor.

Bracewell, Michael, 1958- contributor.

Galerie Max Hetzler, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Bridget Riley (Galerie Max Hetzler)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riley, Bridget, 1931---Exhibitions.

Riley, Bridget.

Riley, Bridget, 1931-.

Optical art.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

136 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimile, portraits ; 31 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Wall works, 1983-2023

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Galerie Max Hetzler ; Berlin : Holzwarth Publications, 2025.

Summary:

"In her long and fruitful career - she became known in the early 1960s as a leading representative of Op-Art - Bridget Riley has developed her images through constellations of simple shapes: stripes, triangles, circles and ovals, diamonds and curves. She explores the rules of perception in colors and rhythms, inspired by theories and painting practices from Egypt to Post-Impressionism. Her art serves as a contemporary laboratory, rooted in formal experiments and precisely defined color tones. Since the late 1970s, she has sometimes moved beyond the window format of the canvas to create wall paintings that bring together the work, the viewer, and the space in direct dialogue. An exceptional exhibition at the Max Hetzler Gallery in Berlin brought together 13 of these wall paintings from 40 years: dot paintings, stripe paintings, and complex forms whose inner logic eludes a quick glance. The exhibition is documented through images of the works and installation views that make the polyrhythm visible on the walls. An essay by Éric de Chassey describes the central role of this medium in Riley's work, while texts by Richard Shiff and Robert Kudielka provide the aesthetic and biographical context."

Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, June 9 - August 19, 2023.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, June 9 - August 19, 2023.

ISBN:

9783947127450

3947127456

OCLC:

1530434640

Publisher Number:

9783947127450