Bridget RileyBritish, 1931Scale Study for Cataract Series
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New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 840.1969
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- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Bridget Riley
The whole life1965
“The Responsive Eye” at MoMA
She takes part in “The Responsive Eye,” curated by William C. Seitz at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the exhibition that first draws worldwide attention to her work and to the Op Art movement; her painting “Current” (1964) is reproduced on the catalogue cover. Artists had no copyright protection in the United States at the time and commercial concerns exploited her work, which leaves her disillusioned with such exhibitions; legislation was eventually passed in 1967 after an initiative by New York-based artists.
1968
The International Prize at the Venice Biennale
She represents Great Britain at the Venice Biennale, where she is the first British contemporary painter, and the first woman, to be awarded the International Prize for painting.
1968
Founding the artists’ organisation SPACE
With Sedgley and the journalist Peter Townsend she creates the artists’ organisation SPACE (Space Provision Artistic Cultural and Educational), with the goal of providing artists with large, affordable studio space.
27 June 1968 – 6 October 1968
Exhibition: 4. documenta
1969
Death of Maurice de Sausmarez
Maurice de Sausmarez dies; his monograph on Riley is published after his death, in 1970. Riley has often cited his role as her early mentor.
