Riley
The doors of perception
In the early 1960s, a young English woman called Bridget Riley, an art teacher and illustrator, became fascinated by the flow of water, the swirl of the wind and other movements in nature. She wanted to recreate these movements on canvas, and convey the natural forces they generate. And she succeeded! Her paintings vibrate in front of our eyes, hypnotizing us with lines and figures that rotate, advance and retreat, fooling us into thinking that they’re actually moving. This is called Optical Art, or Op Art, the art movement to which Bridget Riley belonged. In her work, there are also references to the real world, even if these aren’t obvious. The artist has stated: “I work with nature, although in completely new terms. For me, nature isn’t landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces”.
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The doors of perception
In the early 1960s, a young English woman called Bridget Riley, an art teacher and illustrator, became fascinated by the flow of water, the swirl of the wind and other movements in nature. She wanted to recreate these movements on canvas, and convey the natural forces they generate. And she succeeded! Her paintings vibrate in front of our eyes, hypnotizing us with lines and figures that rotate, advance and retreat, fooling us into thinking that they’re actually moving. This is called Optical Art, or Op Art, the art movement to which Bridget Riley belonged. In her work, there are also references to the real world, even if these aren’t obvious. The artist has stated: “I work with nature, although in completely new terms. For me, nature isn’t landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces”.
