Bridget Riley's optical art (Op Art)

Note: All images in this page are probably copyrighted - I collected them from various web-pages on the Internet, for my personal enjoyment. I saw Bridget Riley's exhibition in London's Serpentine Gallery (in Kensigton Gardens), in 1999.

 

 

Loss (1964)

 

 

Black to White Discs (1961-62)

 

 

Ease (1987)

 

 

Pause (1964) ??

 

 

Drift No. 2 (1966)

 

 

partial B/W image of Orient 1 or 2 (1969) ??

 

 

Kiss (1961) Acrylic on Linen, 48"x48"

 

 

Movement in Squares (1961) Tempera on board, 48"x47"

 

 

Going Along (1999) Oil on linen, 121.9 x 197.5 cm

 

 

Study '74 Colour/Space Sequence (1974) Gouache on paper, 29"x28"

 

 

Balm (1964) Oil on canvas, 6'4 3/4" x 6'4 3/4"

 

 

Orphean Elegy I (1978) Esoteric medium (?), 4'7 1/4" x 4'3 1/4"

 

 

"Blaze 4" (1964) Serigraph(?)

 

 

Catarct 3 (1967) PVA on canvas, 88 1/2" x 87 1/2"

 

 

Paean (1973) Acrylic on canvas, 114" x 113"

 

 

Rêve (1999) Oil on linen, 227.3 x 237.5 cm

 

 

Zambezi (1999) Oil on linen, 221 x 175.3 cm

 

 

Britannia ?? (1961) emuslion on cardboard(?), 56x61(?)

 

 

Start (2000) Silkscreen, 18 3/4" x 19 1/2"

 

 

Sylvan (2000) Silkscreen, 35"x24"

 

 

Carnival (2000) Silkscreen, 28 3/4" x 36"

 

 

Echo (2000) Silkscreen, 27 1/2" x 28 1/2"

 

 

Fete (1999) Screenprint, 26 x 34 3/8"

 

 

Composition with Circles (1998) Silkscreen, 27 5/8" x 39 1/2"

 

 

Left to right: Blue Dominance. Red Dominance. Green Dominance. (1997) Screenprint

 

 

Ra2 (1981) Silkscreen, 42" x 36 3/4"

 

 

Silvered 2 (1981) Silkscreen, 42" x 36 3/4"

 

 

 

Riley with her work: left: with her sculpture 'Continuum'' by Lord Snowdon in 1964. right: ''Après-Midi'' (1981) oil on linen, 91" x 77 3/4", photographed in 1982. See this for more information about Riley.  

 

Riley's pieces are really big and overwhelming. Here's an installation at the "Reconnaissance" exhibit running September 21 2000 - June 17 2001, in the Dia Center for the Arts (New York City).
On the right: Composition with Circles 2 (2000) graphite, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on plaster wall, 13 3/4' x 49 1/2'