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Bridget Riley: The Complete Prints

1962-2020
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Bridget Riley: The Complete Prints presents the artist's entire screenprint oeuvre, exploring how Riley has translated her iconic painting principles into a reproducible print medium. This richly illustrated catalogue raisonnรฉ traces her evolution as a printmaker and deepens understanding of her graphic work through enhanced colour plates and insightful essays, complemented by biographical and exhibition details.
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This authoritative collection appeals to artists, printmakers, and fans of Op Art, as well as scholars and collectors seeking a deeper appreciation of Bridget Riley's printmaking legacy.

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A completely up-to-date catalogue raisonnรฉ of Bridget Rileyโ€™s graphic work.

A completely up-to-date catalogue raisonnรฉ of Bridget Riley's graphic work

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Bridget Riley: The Complete Prints explores the artist's extensive work in screenprints, which she has created throughout her career. This volume gathers the complete and updated inventory of this significant body of work, delving into Riley's development as a printmaker and her engagement with the screenprint medium.

Newly revised, updated, and designed, this catalogue raisonnรฉ showcases Bridget Riley's graphic work in a larger, enhanced format. It features a full-colour inventory of the prints and includes updated essays by Lynn MacRitchie and Craig Hartley, along with an additional essay by Robert Kudielka. These texts provide greater context for Riley's work.

This revised volume, a co-publication with The Bridget Riley Art Foundation, is enriched with supplemental material such as an artist biography and a history of selected solo and group exhibitions.

Published by Thames & Hudson and The Bridget Riley Art Foundation.

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World of Interiors calls it 'masterclasses in rhythm, repetition and precision,' while Art Society Magazine praises its expansive look at Riley's printmaking's role in her six-decade career, offering new context to her graphic power. Other accolades include descriptions as 'incredibly insightful' by Printmaking Today and 'magnificent graphic works' by Harper's Bazaar, with The Spectator highlighting the energy and subtlety captured in this comprehensive volume.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500971093

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 155 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Bridget Riley
  • Text by Craig Hartley
  • Text by Lynn MacRitchie
  • Text by Robert Kudielka
  • Contributions by Alexandra Tommasini
  • Contributions by Rosa Gubay

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 2020g

Pages: 296

About the Author

Lynn MacRitchie has been active as an artist and writer since the 1970s. Craig Hartley was formerly the curator in charge of prints at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Robert Kudielka is the Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at the University of the Arts, Berlin.

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