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Bridget Riley and Lee Mullican and the ‘60s
A catchy name gives traction to an art movement: Abstraction Expressionism (AbX), Pop Art, or Op Art, short for “optical art One of the artists most associated with the latter was the English painter Bridget Riley, born in 1931, who was catapulted…
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp • • 3m ListenA catchy name gives traction to an art movement: Abstraction Expressionism (AbX), Pop Art, or Op Art, short for “optical art One of the artists most associated with the latter was the English painter Bridget Riley, born in 1931, who was catapulted to success in the early 1960s.
Bridget Riley Horizontal Vibration, 1961 Tempera on hardboard 44,5 x 141 cm 17 1/2 x 55 1/2 inches © Bridget Riley 2018. All rights reserved. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers
Bridget Riley Study for Black to White Discs, 1961 Emulsion on board 88,9 x 88,9 cm 35 x 35 inches © Bridget Riley 2018. All rights reserved. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers
Bridget Riley Untitled 2 (Measure for Measure Wall Painting), 2017-18 Graphite and acrylic on plaster wall 170,2 x 382 cm 67 x 150 3/8 inches © Bridget Riley 2018. All rights reserved. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers
