Bridget Riley: Two Blues
Two Blues was created as part of Bridget Riley’s ‘Lozenge’ series and displays a combination of two blue hues, complimented by purposefully placed segments of white. The title is a direct reference to Franz Schubert’s 1813 romance song of the same name.
“For me, nature is not a landscape but the dynamism of visual forces”
Blending straight lines, harsh angles and sensual curves, this looks like a straightforward composition but is delicate and intricate. Riley works with three colours: white, light blue/mauve and deep blue, with each being assigned roughly the same amount of surface area so none is dominating.
The composition is to prevent the observer from forming any visual connections. If viewed sideways, the print may be interpreted as an abstraction based on reflected light on water, but Riley has avoided this entanglement by angling the composition's lines to be vertical. With Riley saying "The eye can travel over the surface in a way parallel to the way it moves over nature. It should feel caressed and soothed, experience frictions and ruptures, glide and drift".
Now Available to purchase from Extraordinary Objects
Bridget Riley
'Two Blues' 2003
Screenprints in colours
54.6 × 53.3 cm
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist
Edition of 250
Sold framed
£10,500
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