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Bridget-Riley

Personal Details Name Bridget-Riley Place of birth London Date of Birth April 24, 1931 Nationality British Field painting, drawing and sculpture Movement Optical Art Works Black and white works(1950)

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       Around the end of the 1950s, Riley began to paint the black and white works for which she is probably best known today. They present straight or wavy lines which give the illusion of movement or colour. Works in this style made up her first solo show in London in 1962 at Gallery One run by Victor Musgrave.

   Although mainly remembered today for the parody of movement and colour they give through the exploitation of optical illusions, it is said that the impetus for Riley making these apparently cold and calculated works was a failed love affair. One of the more famous works in this style is Fall (1963).

   Riley exhibited in the 1965 New York City show, The Responsive Eye, the exhibition which first drew attention to so-called op art. One of her paintings was reproduced on the cover of the show's catalogue, though Riley later became disillusioned with the movement, and expressed regret that her work was exploited for commercial purposes.

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