Bridget Riley has always been an art lovers artist. Drawing on important visual principals in her practice, her work is oft cited in classrooms around the world, illustrating the wonders of Op-Art and its power to distort perspective. She’s a classic, like ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, but on canvas and paper instead of the screen (minus the racist tropes, of course).

Now showing at David Zwirner’s Grafton Street location in West London, her new show Past Into Present only further solidifies her place as a practically perfect painter. Featuring new works made over the last two years, the exhibition focuses on her relationship with previous works and the history of painting itself. In an extension of the Measure for Measure series comprised of tri-coloured paintings, she’s added a new addition – turquoise – in a restrained expansion of playful uniformity. They’re beautiful, unassuming, and undeniably Bridget, a stellar place to decompress with some art if you’re feeling overstimulated by the world re-opening around us.

A forthcoming monograph from David Zwirner Books follows the opening, with new scholarship by art historian Éric de Chassey. Having already published several titles about our gal, we’re looking forward to stocking this one on our bookshelves.

Bridget Riley Past into Present runs from June 3 – July 31, 2021 at David Zwirner, 24 Grafton Street, London W1S 4EZ.