Amnesia, 1964

ArtistBridget Riley, London *1931

Synthetic emulsion on canvas

(H x W)174,5 × 174,5 cm

Status

on display, room 029

About the workUniform grey waves stretch across the white canvas. Towards the centre of the picture, the thinning lines become denser and their colour intensity increases. Through this variation in her precise visual pattern, Bridget Riley creates the fleeting impression of a vibration. The optical effect of movement in simple geometric structures, which has been a central motif in the British artist’s oeuvre since the early 1960s, helped her to achieve international success. In 1968, Riley was the first woman to win a prize at the renowned Venice Biennale.

AccessionAcquisition 1977

Provenance[...]; 1977 angekauft von der Galerie Annely Juda, London

Inventory number0.1977.9

Post-War Modernism
Abstraction
Concrete art
Op art

Contact

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