Robert Kudielka on Bridget Riley: Essays and interviews since 1972
Introduction by Bridget Riley. Text by Robert Kudielka
Since meeting Bridget Riley in 1967, art historian and critic Robert Kudielka has proved her keenest observer. First published in 2005, this newly revised and expanded edition collates a substantial body of his essays on and interviews with the artist. For over 40 years, Kudielka has documented Riley’s career progress and artistic development in an academic and personal manner, reflecting his relationship with the artist. Moving from an analysis of Riley’s iconic 1960s black and white paintings to her more recent wall drawings, Kudielka explores the unpredictable changes of direction throughout Riley’s career. Accompanied by over 80 full-color illustrations, biographical notes and bibliography, the texts in this volume provide a unique insight into Riley’s working methods and styles.
Publisher: Ridinghouse
Artists: Bridget Riley
Contributors: Robert Kudielka, Bridget Riley
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Softcover
Dimensions: 6 x 8 1/4 in (15.2 x 21 cm)
Pages: 280
Reproductions: 87 color
ISBN: 9781905464968
Retail: $36 US & Canada | £20 | €26
Status: Available
Bridget Riley
One of the most significant artists working today, Bridget Riley’s dedication to the interaction of form and color has led to a continued exploration of perception. From the early 1960s, she has used elementary shapes such as lines, circles, curves, and squares to create visual experiences that actively engage the viewer, at times triggering optical sensations of vibration and movement. Her earliest black-and-white compositions offer impressions of several other pigments, while ensuing, multi-chromatic works present color as an active component. Although abstract, her practice is closely linked with nature, which she understands to be “the dynamism of visual forces—an event rather than an appearance.”
Robert Kudielka
Robert Kudielka is an art historian and former Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at the University of the Arts, Berlin. He is the co-author with Bridget Riley of Paul Klee: The Nature of Creation, Works, 1914-1940 (2002) and author and editor of numerous books on Riley, including Robert Kudielka on Bridget Riley: Essays and interviews since 1972 (2005; revised and expanded edition, 2014) and The Eye’s Mind: Bridget Riley, Collected Writings 1965-2009 (2009).