Five things to know about the artist Bridget Riley
This weekend, I went to the Hayward Gallery on London’s South Bank to see an excellent exhibition of the British artist Bridget Riley. The gallery’s web site has a short article highlighting five facts about Riley:
- Her abstract paintings explore perception and the way in which we see.
- Much of her work is inspired by the natural world.
- Since the late 1960s, her work has explored colour relationships and the way that colours interact.
- Drawing is hugely important to Riley: she calls it “an exercise in looking”.
- She has been influenced by the work of other artists – among them the French painter Georges Seurat.