Bridget Riley, 'Ecclesia' 1985. Courtesy Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London.
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Bridget Riley Flashback
25 September 2009 - 13 December 2009
Flashback is the first in a new series of monographic exhibitions from the Arts Council Collection; each exhibition will bring together outstanding early works by high profile British artists, and set them against major recent works borrowed from the artists themselves.
The series launches at the Walker Art Gallery with internationally renowned abstract painter Bridget Riley. It tracks her career from its sensational beginnings in the early 1960s to the ambitious and powerful works of recent years.
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'The sense of sight' by Annie Louisa Swynnerton
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The Rise of Women Artists
23 October 2009 - 7 March 2010
Tracking the historical changes influencing women artists, this exhibition explores the similarities and differences between the status and careers of women working in different areas within the fine and decorative arts fields as reflected in the collections of the Walker Art Gallery.
A rich variety of work from both recent and contemporary painters and designers such as Paula Rego, Helen Chadwick, Louise Bourgeois and Alison Britton will be shown alongside historic works drawn from the Gallery’s collections. Includes paintings, prints, textiles and ceramics.
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