Bridget Riley – Break (1964)

Louisiana poster with the work, Pause, (1964), by the English artist, Bridget Riley (b. 1931) from Louisiana's 2016 exhibition, Eye Attack - Op Art and Kinetic Art 1950-1970. Riley was a central figure in the Op Art movement and thus also at Louisiana's exhibition.

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Bridget Riley broke through in the early 1960s with a series of black and white paintings and she became a model for a long line of artists who followed.

Riley's images are incredibly simple. She uses simple means, for example often only black and white. But when her images hit the eye, things start to happen because Riley has worked intensely to structure lines and shapes so that they have the greatest possible effect on our perceptual apparatus.

Op Art - Optical art - was an international movement between 1950 and 1970 and existed side by side with other, experimental art movements, especially in the 1960s.

Artists were concerned with formulating expressions that were contemporary. Synchronous with the futuristic and with the technology and science that emerged from the mid-50s and especially in the 60s. Modular buildings, reflective surfaces, neon signs, flashing lights and dynamic urban spaces. The mechanical aesthetic was explored by the Op Art artists in this pre-digital period.

Op Art is aimed primarily at our sense of sight. It concerns movements. In the brain via the eyes - that is, as an illusion. Or works of art that move with the help of a motor. Or the movements of the viewer. So we are co-producers.

Dimensions: W: 59.4 x H: 68 cm

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Frame: 12mm
Material: Frame in solid oak and with high-quality acrylic glass.