Two Blues 2003

Bridget Riley made this with paint, probably acrylic given how smooth it is, and it's all about how these blues play together and how they move. Look closely, and you'll see that each color is just itself. There's no blending or shading, yet the painting feels like it's breathing, expanding, and contracting. It's as if the shapes are pushing and pulling at each other, creating a visual rhythm. Riley has this way of making rigid geometric forms feel organic. It's all about how the colors interact and how our eyes perceive them. You might think of Josef Albers, with his squares playing off each other, or even Op artists like Victor Vasarely, but Riley has something unique. Her work is less about a fixed illusion and more about the fluid process of seeing itself.