Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley (b. 1931) is a British painter and a central figure of Op art. She is best known for her black-and-white work of the 1960s, in which precise geometry produces vivid optical movement and shimmer. In 1965 her work was shown in MoMA's landmark exhibition The Responsive Eye, which brought Op art to international attention.
The "Fragments" (1965) were her first prints. They are a series of black-and-white screenprints on Plexiglas, printed at Kelpra Studio, London, and published by the Robert Fraser Gallery. The series is "composed of horizontal lines bent at altering angles across the picture surface". That chevron motif is the one recreated here. "Current" (1964) is one of her best-known black-and-white paintings. The whole board is filled with closely spaced parallel lines that undulate. The wavelength tightens toward the center, so the surface seems to ripple.
Learn more:
- Bridget Riley on Wikipedia
- Untitled (Fragment 3) from Fragments, 1965 (MoMA), the print recreated here
- The whole Fragments series, 1965 (MoMA)
- Current, 1964 (MoMA)
Recreations here
- Fragment 3: a field of black-and-white chevron stripes (horizontal bands bent into a zigzag), after Riley's Fragment 3 (1965).
swift run Example-Recreations-BridgetRiley-Fragment3- Current: a field of parallel undulating lines that shimmer, after Riley's Current (1964). Each line is a smooth
drawCurvethrough sampled points.
swift run Example-Recreations-BridgetRiley-CurrentThese are homages after Bridget Riley, made for learning. They aren't reproductions of specific works, and they aren't affiliated with or endorsed by the artist.