Bridget Riley at the Hayward Gallery

A wonderful journey through Riley’s work, spanning an incredible 70 years, and including many familiar works, alongside pieces not seen before. I particularly enjoyed the upstairs gallery, with its many working drawings, preparatory studies and investigations into how other artists have informed her creative process.

The black and white pieces are stunning and timeless and the colour vibrations are just sublime.

Red with Red Tryptych (2010)

This series of three canvases is one of a series of paintings when Riley was exploring using white as a colour in its own right, in this instance between the canvases.

Detail of Red with Red Tryptych (2010)

“At the core of colour is a paradox. It is simultaneously one thing and several things - you can never see colour by itself, it is always affected by other colours.”

Above and below: working drawings, sketches and plans, juxtaposed with details of finished pieces, including Continuum (1963/2005), the only 3D piece Riley has so far made.