Bridget Riley: The Art of Perception | HENI Talks

Discover the origins and evolution of Bridget Riley’s spectacular practice with Dr Cliff Lauson, Senior Curator at the Hayward Gallery, London.
Lauson charts Riley’s oeuvre from her accomplished early sketches rendering the figure, to the painterly lessons she learned from the works of pointillist Georges Seurat, to her seismic break with representation into dazzling abstraction. Lauson also gives insight into the artist’s working methods, exploring how Riley hones the patterns of her compositions to give precise optical effect, for ultimately ‘perception itself is the medium that she’s working through’.
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[@denisceballos9745]

Dr. Lauson speaks very well, so interesting to hear about this great painter.

[@akari_aus1143]

Hade to watch this for school and now it’s one of my favs to show to my friends when they talk about artists

[@magicknight13]

That's awesome!

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This channel is absolutely wonderful. Thank you so very much for such an informed and classy presentation.

[@void.x2]

Lol I have to watch this for school. That’s pretty cool.

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lol same

[@kacy8247]

Me too

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Same

[@eric144144]

Great presentation of a great artist. Thanks.

[@robertarisz8464]

Awesome work - love it!

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Incredible paintings! I watched the Beeb documentary last night on her work, it was excellent! I enjoyed this video!

[@boristabareag3598]

Excellent!!!

[@ruthjames9278]

This was a great exhibition at the Hayward

[@muskduh]

Thanks for the video

[@ezicarus8216]

Excellent presentation

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Great presentation! Thanks so much.

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Very nice video

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Top notch

[@robertloader9826]

I think minimalism is so overused when describing Riley's and is erroneous. The work uses minimal tonality yes but in pursuit of a complete atomic release of tone within allocated dimensions. It breaks the boundaries of structural resistance and allows all facets of the tonal range complete expression. It is essentially releasing the atomic potential of tonality and movement.

[@barbarajohnson1442]

Well said.