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Bridget Riley Feature Tour
Bridget Riley Aria 2012. Oil on linen. Private collection. © Bridget Riley 2017. All rights reserved
Guided Tour
Past event
Meet at the front desk
Free
Join a free guided tour with one of our friendly, knowledgeable guides exploring the life and art practice of internationally acclaimed English artist, Bridget Riley.
Tours last 45 minutes and there's no need to book. Meet at the front desk on the ground floor.
If you’re planning to join a tour and have a group of 12 or more people, please consider contacting us to arrange a private tour. We can organise a time that suits your group.
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Exhibition
Bridget Riley: Cosmos
3 June – 12 November 2017
A new wall painting for Christchurch by internationally acclaimed English artist, Bridget Riley.
Interview
In The Studio
Paul Moorhouse: We are standing in front of a full-size cartoon for Cosmos, the new wall painting that will be installed at Christchurch Art Gallery. How does the cartoon relate to the final wall painting?
Bridget Riley: The cartoon is painted in gouache on paper, but it gives me a good idea of the full-scale image that will be recreated on the wall in Christchurch. I have also made a smaller painting in acrylic directly onto the wall here in the studio. This is complete in itself, and provides the information I need to give me confidence in the appearance of the discs when the larger image is created on the gallery wall.
Commentary
Anticipation and Reflection
This is a time of considerable anticipation at the Gallery: Bridget Riley’s new work for Christchurch is due for completion in late May 2017. A wall painting, it’s the fourth of five significant works chosen to mark the long years of our closure for seismic strengthening following the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010–11. It has been paid for, sight unseen, by a group of wonderful women donors, with further support for costs associated with its installation secured by auction at our Foundation’s 2016 gala dinner.
