About this artwork
Although screenprinting can be an incredibly versatile medium, it can also be utilised in its pure form, as ink applied through a cut paper stencil. One of the attractions for an artist like Bridget Riley, a painter working in hard edged abstraction and colour relationships, is that screenprinting deposits a greater density of ink on the paper and the colours have greater saturation and opacity than those printed lithographically.
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artist:Bridget RileyEnglish (born 1931)
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title:Standing Up, Turning Round, Lying Down
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date created:2015
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materials:Screenprint on paper
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measurements:70.60 x 58.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Gift of the Artist, 2017
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accession number:GMA 5587
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Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley
In the early 1960s Riley became interested in colour theory. When tiny spots of pure colour are placed close together they will blend on the retina of the eye. Riley began experimenting with optical movement in painting, using squares, lines, circles and spirals. She used black and white at first...