Bridget Riley made her first forays into Op art in the 1960s; since then, she has continued to find new ways to explore the sensations caused by abstract colours and shapes in both mind and body. Marking the artist’s 90th birthday earlier this year, this display the Lightbox (18 December–10 April 2022) includes paintings, prints and preparatory drawings from each of the six decades of Riley’s long career, celebrating the ways that the artist has continually found pleasure in the experience of seeing. Find out more from the Lightbox’s website.
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Movement in Squares (1961), Bridget Riley. Arts Council Collection. © Bridget Riley, 2021. All rights reserved.
Untitled (Fragment 1), 1965 (1965), Bridget Riley. © Bridget Riley, 2021. All rights reserved.
Song of Orpheus IV (1978), Bridget Riley. Arts Council Collection © Bridget Riley, 2021. All rights reserved.
Ecclesia (1985), Bridget Riley. Arts Council Collection. © Bridget Riley, 2021. All rights reserved.
Red Movement (1937), Bridget Riley. Southampton Museums. © Bridget Riley, 2021. All rights reserved.