Bridget Riley Intervals 8, 2020 Bridget Riley, Intervals 8, 2020 Oil on Linen, 265 X 189 Cm.; 104 3/8 X 74 3/8 In

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Bridget Riley Intervals 8, 2020 Bridget Riley, Intervals 8, 2020 oil on linen, 265 x 189 cm.; 104 3/8 x 74 3/8 in. price upon request “Colour is the proper means for what I want to do because it is prone to inflections and inductions existing only through relationship; malleable yet tough and resilient.” Bridget Riley

Intervals 8 (detail), 2020

BRIDGET RILEY born 1931 in London, UK lives and works in London, UK

“In the straight line I had one of the most fundamental forms.” Bridget Riley

A towering example from one of Bridget Riley’s latest series, which includes some of the largest works the artist has ever painted on a vertical scale, Intervals 8, 2019 is a testament to the dynamic and continually Figure 1 evolving nature of her practice. A painting from the same series was Bridget Riley included in Riley’s major touring retrospective at the Scottish National Vapour, 1970 Gallery, Edinburgh and the Hayward Gallery, London in 2019–2020. acrylic on linen The artist’s work is held in over 50 museums internationally, including 96 x 90 cm.; 37 3/4 x 35 3/8 in. the Tate, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA, Los Angeles; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; and Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Japan, among others. Whilst very much distinctive of Riley’s work, Intervals 8 represents a radical departure through its large vertical format and dominant white ground which both delineates and contrasts with shades of purple, ochre, and green—colours which are reminiscent of Vapour, 1970 (fig. 1). These muted colours are uplifted by the addition of turquoise. Here, white simultaneously functions within the sequence, separating the horizontal bands of colour in the form of lines, and provides a luminous, enhancing frame around the vertical arrangement. The present work embodies Riley’s long-standing engagement with form and especially colour, whose contingent, unstable nature is a Figure 2 Rise 1 (detail), 1968 driving force in her practice. Significantly, the artist sees the motif of the Bridget Riley stripe as best suited to her exploration of colour, which she initiated in Rise 1, 1968 acrylic emulsion on canvas the mid-1960s. Intervals 8 can be linked back to early stripe paintings 188 x 377.2 cm.; 74 x 148 1/2 in. such as Rise 1, 1968 (fig. 2) in the collection of Museums Sheffield and Museums Sheffield Late Morning, 1967–68 (fig. 3) belonging to Tate—in which she explores the effects of warm and cold tones on white. “In the straight line I had one of the most fundamental forms”, explains Riley, “the line has direction and length, it lends itself to simple repetition and by its regularity it simultaneously supports and counteracts the fugitive, fleeting character of colour.” With Intervals 8, Riley creates an intense perceptual experience, akin to the luminous colour fields in the horizontal ribbons of colour found in her large-scale wall painting at The Chinati Foundation, Marfa (fig. 4). The colourful stripes inIntervals 8 induce a dynamic, ever-shifting composition as both singular elements, and within the blocks, as they seem to expand, rise and retract in their interaction with each other.

Transcending its non-figurative character, Intervals 8 fosters a range Figure 3 Late Morning (detail), 1967– 68 of visions and sensations similar to those found in nature, and music: Bridget Riley powerful, yet fleeting and elusive. Late Morning, 1967– 68 polyvinyl acetate paint on canvas 226.1 × 359.4 cm.; 89 x 141 1/2 in. Tate, London, Purchased 1968

Figure 4 Bridget Riley Bolt of Colour, 2017 wall painting Chinati Foundation, Marfa Click below to discover

The artist’s page A video-interview Further works on our website with Éric de Chassey and texts pictured here: Untitled (Measure for Measure Wall Painting), 2017 Bridget Riley, Hayward Gallery, London, 2019 Click here to discover Bridget Riley: Paintings 1963–2015, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2016–17 more exhibitions Bridget Riley was born in 1931 in London, United Kingdom, where she lives and works. Solo exhibitions of the artist’s work have been held in international institutions, such as The Hayward Gallery, London and National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2019–2020); National Gallery, London (2019); Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura (2018); Gemeentemuseum, The Hague and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2016); The Courtauld Institute, London (2015); The Art Institute of Chicago (2014); Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen (2012); The National Gallery, London (2010); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2008); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2004); Tate Britain, London (2003); Dia Center for the Arts, New York (2000); Serpentine Gallery, London (1999); National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (1980); Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas (1978); Kunsthalle Bern and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (1971); Kunstverein Hannover (1970); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1969); and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1966), among others. The artist represented Britain at the 34th Venice Biennale (1968), and participated in Documenta IV (1968) and Documenta VI (1977). The artist was awarded the prize for painting at the 34th Venice Biennale (1968), and participated in Documenta IV (1968) and Documenta VI (1977). Bridget Riley’s works can be found in the public collections of over 113 museums and foundations worldwide, including Tate, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA, Los Angeles; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, among others.

Bridget Riley in her West London studio, 1983 INQUIRE

Photographic credits: Bridget Riley, Intervals 8, 2020 Photo: def image Rise 1, 1968 Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, London Bridget Riley, Late Morning, 1967–68 Photo: © Tate Bridget Riley, Bolt of Colour, 2017 Photo: Alex Marks Image Courtesy of the Chinati Foundation Bridget Riley, Installation view at Hayward Gallery, London, 2019 © Bridget Riley 2019 Photo Stephen White & Co. Bridget Riley: Paintings 1963-2015, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2016–17 Photography National Galleries of Scotland. © Bridget Riley

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