LONDON.- Bridget Riley (b. 1931) is one of the
most significant and original painters of our time. This Sunley Room exhibition
focuses upon her most recent paintings and will enable visitors to investigate
how Riley’s work relates to the National Gallery Collection. Two of Riley’s
works will be made directly onto the walls of the exhibition space. ‘Composition
with Circles 7’ is a wall-drawing that Riley and her studio will create
especially for the longest wall of the Sunley Room. A version of her
wall-painting, ‘Arcadia’, will also be on view, which was last seen at Riley’s
major retrospective exhibition of 2008 at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris. At the National Gallery, however, the painting will be recreated on a
larger scale to relate better with the space. Opening 24 November,
2010.