Bridget Riley

This volume documents a group of gouache studies by Bridget Riley from 1969 to 1972 that reflects a major reconfiguration of Riley's style. The shapes formed in these gouaches are arranged from a limited selection of colours namely violet, green and pink to explore the visual relationship between 'contrast and harmony'. Accompanying full colour illustrations, a conversation between the artist and Robert Kudielka from 1972 posits the works within the context of Bridget Riley's oeuvre. AUTHOR: Between 1967 and 1972, Robert Kudielka studied philosophy with Dieter Jähnig and Walter Schulz, classical philology with Wolfgang Schadewaldt, as well as German studies and art history in Tübingen. In 1977 he received his doctorate with a study on Kant's critique of judgement in Dieter Jähnig at the University of Tübingen. Between 1967 and 1977, Kudielka worked as a freelance art critic and exhibition curator. In 1978 he accepted a call to the Chair of Aesthetics and Theory of Art at the University of the Arts in Berlin, where he retired in 2010. From 1982 to 1984, Kudielka was a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London. Since 1997 he has been a member of the Academy of Arts Berlin-Brandenburg, where he also held the office of Director of the Department of Fine Arts from 2003 to 2012. In 2000, Kudielka held a visiting professorship at the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 1967, Kudielka has been involved as a curator in numerous exhibitions. In addition, he is a participant and organizer of many workshops, symposia and colloquia. For his services to art in public life, Kudielka was appointed an extraordinary member of the German Artists' Association in 1998. SELLING POINTS: . This volume documents a group of gouache studies by Bridget Riley from 1969 to 1972 that reflects a major reconfiguration of Riley's style . Accompanying full colour illustrations, a conversation between the artist and Robert Kudielka 8 colour illustrations