Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio
Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio
This exhibition—the first dedicated exclusively to her drawings in over fifty years—provides an intimate view of Riley's studio practice, in which the making of works on paper plays a central role.
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The Morgan Library & Museum
June 23, 2023 to October 08, 2023
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Exhibition Details

This exhibition—the first dedicated exclusively to her drawings in over fifty years—provides an intimate view of Bridget Riley's studio practice, in which the making of works on paper plays a central role. The exhibition includes more than 75 studies from the artist's collection, created between the 1940s and the 2000s.

Artist Details

This exhibition includes early figurative and landscape drawings made during her student years; black-and-white studies for Riley's best known paintings from the 1960s, when she became closely associated with the Op art movement; and a diverse array of color compositions, which have occupied her attention since the late 1960s. Together they demonstrate Riley's unceasing commitment to paper, pencil, ink, and gouache, as tools of exploration and innovation.

Location

The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Image: Detail from Bridget Riley (b. 1931), July 1 Bassacs, 1994 / courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum