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Painter

Bridget Riley, a British painter born on April 24, 1931, is renowned for her dynamic abstract paintings. Her works explore the relationship between visual perception, color, and shape, creating a sense of movement through the dynamic changes of color and form.

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“It was only after I had been out of the art school that I actually copied a small Seurat, and I copied it in order to follow his thought, because if you do copy an artist, and you have a close feeling for him, in fact that you need to know more about his work, there is no better way than actually to copy, because you get very close indeed to how somebody thinks.”

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“The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a paradox of chaos and order in one.”

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“Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.”

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Book:Bridget Riley: dialogues on art

Source: Bridget Riley: dialogues on art

“I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer”

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About the Author

Born: April 24, 1931
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 28

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The Eye's Mind: Collected Writings 1965-2009Related source material

Bridget Riley: dialogues on artRelated source material

Bridget Riley: recent paintings : September 24-October 23, 2004Related source material

Mondrian: nature to abstraction : from the Gemeentemuseum, the HagueRelated source material

Working with colour: recent paintings and studiesRelated source material

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