Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance

Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance by Bridget Riley. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780944521410.

This book documents Bridget Rileys current exhibition at New Yorks Dia Center for the Arts, Reconnaissance, which brings together seminal paintings from the early 1960s, landmark works esteemed via word-of-mouth but not often seen. These works are shown together with others from the later 60s and 70s to chart the early career of this highly influential but--especially in the US--all-too-little-known artist. Rileys dynamically abstract paintings from the 1960s and 1970s long ago secured her a permanent place in the history of postwar art. Despite this widespread acclaim, Rileys work has been exhibited in the US only on a few occasions. In Reconnaissance, the artists first solo exhibition to originate in the US in decades, the public will be able to examine a selection from Rileys compelling body of early work. Additionally, Riley has executed a wall drawing for Dias galleries, which is documented here.