Product Description

This illustrated catalogue contains works selected by distinguished British painter Bridget Riley to become part of the National Gallery's 1989 "Artist's Eye" exhibition. Riley's choices include works by El Greco, and Titian and Veronese, the two great Venetian colourists who gave her inspiration.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4547218 in Books
• Published on: 1989-07-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 16 pages

Customer Reviews

Time to look again
I read some excerpts from this book in Modern Painters and was curious. I had seen her show at the DIA Center in NYC last year, and was not sure what to make of her work. But as a writer on art, painting in particular, I think she is amazing. The book gives a good sense of what painting is fro Riley and also what is involved in the pursuit of painting today. She almost comes off as a rather cool individual, but she so straightforward and clear that I ended up feeling that she had given as much as one could want. I await my next opportunity to look at her work in person.

This is the third book in this series I have read, the other two being: Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings 1973-1994 about Bill Viola and Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting about Gerhard Richter. These are beautiful, amazing books.