Awareness Post
- Lambrini Phillos
- Dec 16, 2023
- 2 min read
Bridget Riley was born in Norwood, London, on April 24, 1931. She lives and works in London, Cornwall, and the Vaucluse in France and is known for her op art paintings. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College, then studied art at Goldsmiths' College, and later at the Royal College of Art. Her work is displayed in several solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including museums in New York, Germany, Sydney, Paris, and London. Among the display of awards Riley has won are the Companion of Honour, the Praemium Imperiale, the Kaiser Ring of the City of Goslar, and the Rubens Prize of the City of Siegen.
Since 1961, Bridget Riley has focused on geometric shapes such as lines, circles, curves, and squares. The arrangements she creates with these shapes across her canvases often evoke sensations of vibration and movement, creating optical illusions for the viewer. Riley only introduced color into her work in 1967; before this point, all of her work was done in black and white.
Although I am understandably drawn to Bridget Riley's pieces containing circles, I also find her work with other shapes very enthralling. The way she uses shapes and colors to create optical illusions in her work is amazing, and something that I would love to explore in my own work. The element that I find most impressive in Riley's work is her ability to take geometric shapes and warp their "traditional" forms to create new shapes that lock together to form these illusions. Recently, I have been working on making my pieces symmetrical and precise, which is a big part of Riley's work. Without the level of accuracy that she encompasses, her optical illusions would not be anywhere near as powerful as they are. With the completion of my recent home project, I have been inspired to start looking into optical illusions and how I can explore them in my work. Seeing Bridget Riley's work in Washington, D.C. only furthered this curiosity. Going forward, I am excited to see how I can push the boundaries of the circular shape to create works that help me ease into the area of optical illusions.
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