A major exhibition that tracks the career of Bridget Riley opens at the Walker Art Gallery tomorrow.
Bridget Riley: Flashback is the first in a major new series of touring exhibitions from the Arts Council collection, Southbank Centre.
Eight large scale paintings from the artist will be on show, with four coming from Riley’s personal collection.
Alongside these are around 30 drawings and studies that illuminate her working methods over her five-decade-long-career. Many of these will be exhibited for the first time.
Reyahn King, director of art galleries says: "We are thrilled to be working with the Arts Council collection to bring the work of Bridget Riley, one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary artists, to the Walker Art Gallery.
"Bridget Riley: Flashback explores the remarkable innovation of Riley's work which continues to fascinate and disorientate viewers with its optical effects and remarkable beauty.
"The Walker Art Gallery makes a suitable first destination for the exhibition, as the gallery gave the artist recognition early in her career, as a prize winner of our John Moores painting prize in 1963."
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