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Bridget Riley, an award-winning English painter born in 1931, famous for op art, otherwise known as optical illusion paintings.
Enough to make your head spin. Are those squares moving or is it just me?
Riley started out as an art teacher, then became a traditional artist.
But by the 1960s she was experimenting with geometric abstraction, designed to create illusions of movement.
Riley’s work has been known to cause motion sickness.
I’m feeling a bit… Can someone pass me a bucket? No, not one with paint in!
Bridget Riley, op art legend, completed.
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Bridget Riley is an award-winning English painter born in 1931, famous for op art, otherwise known as optical illusion paintings. Riley started out as an art teacher, then became a traditional artist. By the 1960s, she was experimenting with geometric abstraction, designed to create illusions of movement. Riley’s work has been known to cause motion sickness!
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