#### <sup>[Ollin](../../../index.md) → [Examples](../../index.md) → [Recreations](../index.md) → Bridget Riley</sup>

---

## Bridget Riley

| [![Current](https://media.ollin.art/examples/Recreations/BridgetRiley/Current/still-640.jpg?v=121d4eca)](current.md) | [![Fragment3](https://media.ollin.art/examples/Recreations/BridgetRiley/Fragment3/still-640.jpg?v=bf51efdf)](fragment3.md) |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Current](current.md) | [Fragment3](fragment3.md) |  |  |

**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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Riley)
- [*Untitled (Fragment 3)* from *Fragments*, 1965 (MoMA)](https://www.moma.org/collection/works/459901), the print recreated here
- [The whole *Fragments* series, 1965 (MoMA)](https://www.moma.org/collection/works/series/467447)
- [*Current*, 1964 (MoMA)](https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79547)

### Recreations here

- [**Fragment 3**](fragment3.md): a field of black-and-white chevron stripes (horizontal bands bent into a zigzag), after Riley's *Fragment 3* (1965).

  ```sh
  swift run Example-Recreations-BridgetRiley-Fragment3
  ```

- [**Current**](current.md): a field of parallel undulating lines that shimmer, after Riley's *Current* (1964). Each line is a smooth `drawCurve` through sampled points.

  ```sh
  swift run Example-Recreations-BridgetRiley-Current
  ```

These 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.