{"product_id":"bridget-riley-a-very-very-person-9781909932500","title":"Bridget Riley: A Very Very Person","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn January 1965 the international art world converged on New York to pay homage to a brilliant new star. The glittering opening of \u003ci\u003eThe Responsive Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, a major exhibition of abstract painting at the Museum of Modern Art, signalled the latest phenomenon, op art--and its center of attention was a young painter named Bridget Riley, whose dazzling painting \u003ci\u003eCurrent\u003c\/i\u003e appeared on the cover of the catalogue. Riley's first solo show in New York sold out, and, following a feature in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the Riley \"look\" became a fashion craze. Overnight, she had become a sensation, yet only three years earlier, she was a virtual unknown. How did success arrive so suddenly? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthored by the acclaimed curator and writer Paul Moorhouse, \u003ci\u003eA Very Very Person\u003c\/i\u003e is the first biography of Bridget Riley and addresses that tantalizing question. Focusing on her early years, it tells the story of a remarkable woman whose art and life were entwined in surprising ways. This intimate narrative explores Riley's wartime childhood spent in the idyllic Cornish countryside, her subsequent struggles to find her way as an artist, and the personal challenges she faced before finally arriving as one of the world's most celebrated artists in Swinging 1960s London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Moorhouse\u003c\/b\u003e is is an art historian and curator. He was Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, London (2005-17) and Senior Curator at Tate, London (1985-2005), where he curated a major Bridget Riley retrospective exhibition in 2003. Recent books include \u003ci\u003eCindy Sherman\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eBridget Riley: From Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), the award-winning \u003ci\u003eGerhard Richter: Painting Appearances\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003ePop Art Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eRichard Long: Walking the Line\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ridinghouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909932500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Paul Moorhouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670273159324,"sku":"9781909932500","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d4cdd1d2-c12b-45eb-83df-06c544762cef.jpg?v=1603922240","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bridget-riley-a-very-very-person-9781909932500","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}