BRIDGET RILEY PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1961-2004

For the past year the British Council has worked closely with Bridget Riley, pioneer op artist and one of Britain’s most eminent contemporary artists, on a hugely successful retrospective shown in Australia and New Zealand. The exhibition comes to Europe for a single showing in the new Kunsthaus Aarau, Switzerland, designed by Herzog & DeMeuron, architects of Tate Modern.The artist has herself selected thirty-five paintings, complemented by a large group of over seventy studies and cartoons. The selection will include a substantial group of black and white paintings from the 1960s, as well as providing for an in-depth analysis of the evolution of her work through subsequent decades, up to the present day. A room of works on paper will offer a fascinating insight into the intellectual and formal processes which rigorously underpin her oeuvre

A catalogue`, with essays by Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Paula Savage, Paul Moorhuose, Lynne Cooke and an interview with the artist by Jenny Harper, was published by Riding House, London for the Australian and New Zealand showings. ISBN 0 9541710 6 3 (paperback) 0 9541710 7 1 (hardback). A bi-lingual catalogue (English/German), with essays by Beat Wismer, Paul Moorhouse, Richard Shiff, Lynne Cooke and an interview with the artist by Jenny Harper, was published by Riding House, London and Aargauer Kunsthaus for the Swiss venue. ISBN 0 905004 25 9