From the Arts Council Collection

Bridget Riley is one of Britain's most respected artists, and has achieved international acclaim for her distinctive and optically vibrant paintings that generate sensations of movement, light and space. 'Flashback' tracks her influential career from its sensational beginnings in the early 1960s to the powerful large-scale works of recent years. Eight paintings are complemented by thirty works on paper that illuminate her very different working methods over five decades. A seminal work in this show is 'Movement in Squares', which was acquired by the Arts Council Collection in 1962, the year after it was made. Riley credits this work as the beginning of her famous exploration of geometric form.

'Flashback' is a major new series of touring exhibitions from the Arts Council Collection. Taking as its starting point the Collection's founding principle of supporting emerging artists through the purchase of their work, the series showcases British artists of world renown whose works were acquired early on by the Collection.

TOUR INFORMATION:

25 September - 13 December 2009
Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool

6 February - 23 May 2010
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham

5 June - 5 September 2010
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich

17 September - 5 December 2010
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton