{"product_id":"bridget-riley-recent-paintings-2014-2017","title":"Bridget Riley: Recent Paintings 2014–2017","description":"The quest for discovery through looking is the driving force of Bridget  Riley's work, as she has written: \"More than anything else I want my  paintings to exist on their own terms. That is to say they must stealthily  engage and disarm you. There the paintings hang, deceptively simple- telling no tales as it were-resisting, in a well-behaved way, all attempts  to be questioned, probed or stared at and then, for those with open eyes,  serenely disclosing some intimations of the splendours to which pure  sight alone has the key.\"\n\nThis  publication  unfolds  along  the  lines  of  Riley's  2018  exhibition  at   David Zwirner, London. Beginning with an exploration of black-and-white  equilateral triangles, Riley leads the viewer into an awareness of the ways in  which a surface-wall or canvas-can affect a seemingly simple form: the  triangle. While she demonstrates these subtle changes, Riley manipulates  this form by bending its sides. At first sight the viewer may experience this  as a breaking apart, but as one continues to look, serpentine movements  appear, or large shadowy triangles, which advance and recede. These  paintings constantly reinvent themselves through looking.\n\nRiley is revisiting and developing works which she initiated over fifty years  ago, as is shown here by the inclusion of  Black to White Discs  (1962-1965)  in the exhibition. This diamond formation of discs, which graduates in tone  from white to black and back again, offers a lead-in to her new body of  work. In  Cosmos  and the  Measure for Measure  series, Riley recalls a group  of subtly shaded colors used this time in discs. While the compositions  remain fundamentally the same, the play of colors changes every time.\n\nThe exhibition ends with a surprisingly spacious wall painting that offers  the viewer many delights, not least among them a dance of fugitive white  lights. Here, Riley disarms the viewer, encouraging us once again in an  adventure of discovery. In his essay, Richard Shiff explores Riley's ability  to give new life to basic forms as she invites the audience, any audience,  to help participate in the painting.","brand":"David Zwirner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664237891620,"sku":"9781941701911","price":76.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781941701911.jpg?v=1777353929","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/bridget-riley-recent-paintings-2014-2017","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}