Measure for Measure

£9,000

2020
Screen print on paper
Edition of 175
Signed and numbered by the artist
63cm x 62cm
Sold framed (68.5cm x 67cm)

Fresh out of art school, Bridget Riley became interested in the pointillist artist George Seurat and his technique of juxtaposing small dots of pure colour to create vibrant and dynamic surfaces. The Measure for Measure painting series was started in 2016 (examples from the series were exhibited at Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris, 2017 and David Zwirner, London, 2021) and it is proof that the French artist remained a crucial figure for Riley from the onset and throughout her whole career, finding new inspiration from his art as well as her own early works.

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On display as part of Hang-Up Curates Vol. IX

Simon Kallas

Bridget Riley

First inspired to paint by the Cornish landscapes of her childhood, Bridget Riley has gone on to become one of the modern era’s most influential artists and was the subject of a recent retrospective at London’s Southbank Centre. Trained at Goldsmiths and the Royal College of Art, she gained acclaim with her ‘Op-art’ pictures of the 1960s and is known for her shapes and patterns that seemingly move before a...

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