Blaze, detail.
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Title |
Blaze, detail. |
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Alternative Title |
Blaze I, detail. |
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Creator |
Riley, Bridget (English painter and printmaker, born 1931) |
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Date |
1962 |
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Cultural Context |
English
British
European |
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Style/Period |
Op art |
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Subject |
Abstract paintings
Abstract works
Optical illusions |
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Description |
"Riley's 'Op' paintings of the early 1960s were exclusively in black and white although, as her critical mentor the psychologist Anton Ehrenzweig noted, they could generate disembodied sensations of color. She was to begin incorporating color into her work from 1966 onwards, exploiting dazzling chromatic contrasts. (Caption, p.147); "Riley […] carved out a profoundly distinctive path with her assertive, optically disorienting paintings. […] Although her work had superficial parallels with the formulaic illusion-inducing paintings of the Hungarian Victor Vasarely, the basis of Riley's work in naturalistic starting starting-points (such as the effects of wind in long grass) or in physical sensations provided her work with greater metaphorical range. The invasive energy of certain images quickly led to threatened male critics complaining of unfeminine 'aggression." (Excerpt, p.146) |
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Material |
Emulsion on board
Emulsion
Emulsion paint
Paint
Boards (flat objects) |
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Measurements |
109 x 109 cm |
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Technique |
Painting (image-making) |
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Work Type |
Paintings
Abstract paintings
Abstract works |
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Repository |
Private collection |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.[130], detail of fig.73) |
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Rights |
© Bridget Riley, all rights reserved. Photo reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of Karsten Schubert, London. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 826-24.jpg |
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Rating |
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