{"product_id":"bridget-riley-a-very-very-person-by-paul-moorhouse-9781909932500","title":"Bridget Riley: A Very Very Person","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The first biography of Bridget Riley... addresses the tantalising question: How did success arrive so suddenly for the young artist?\" — Artspace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 1965, the international art world converged on New York to pay homage to a brilliant new star. The glittering opening of The Responsive Eye, a major exhibition of abstract painting at the Museum of Modern Art, signalled the latest phenomenon, op art — and its centre of attention was a young painter named Bridget Riley, whose dazzling painting \u003cem\u003eCurrent\u003c\/em\u003e appeared on the cover of the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRiley's first solo show in New York sold out, and, following a feature in \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, the \"Riley look\" became a fashion craze. Overnight, she had become a sensation, yet only three years earlier, she was a virtual unknown. How did success arrive so suddenly?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthored by the acclaimed curator and writer Paul Moorhouse, \u003cem\u003eA Very Very Person\u003c\/em\u003e is the first biography of Bridget Riley and addresses that tantalising question. Focusing on her early years, it tells the story of a remarkable woman whose art and life were entwined in surprising ways. This intimate narrative explores Riley's wartime childhood spent in the idyllic Cornish countryside, her subsequent struggles to find her way as an artist, and the personal challenges she faced before finally arriving as one of the world's most celebrated artists in Swinging 1960s London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paul Moorhouse is an art historian and curator. He was Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, London (2005–17), and Senior Curator at Tate, London (1985–2005), where he curated a major Bridget Riley retrospective exhibition in 2003. Recent books include \u003cem\u003eCindy Sherman\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eBridget Riley: From Life\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), the award-winning \u003cem\u003eGerhard Richter: Painting Appearances\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003ePop Art Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), and \u003cem\u003eRichard Long: Walking the Line\u003c\/em\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELLING POINTS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFirst biography of Bridget Riley, one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExplores the false starts and obstacles Riley encountered before her sudden huge success in the 1960s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNew contributions to the scholarship on Riley and Op art, such as the influence of landscape on Riley's work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes 11 colour and 19 black and white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853392761068,"sku":"9781909932500","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/79283482868.jpg?v=1759201419","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/bridget-riley-a-very-very-person-by-paul-moorhouse-9781909932500","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}