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To the Point: Jenny Harper on Bridget Riley
Jenny Harper visiting Bridget Riley’s London studio with donors in 2016
Talk
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Free
Gallery director Jenny Harper talks about what interests and inspires her about artist Bridget Riley and her practice.
This talk is held in celebration of the exhibition Bridget Riley: Cosmos and the installation of Riley’s new work (the fourth of five significant works to mark our time of extended closure following the Canterbury earthquakes).
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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.
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.