Montana Keynote Lectures

Click on the headings below for notes from the Montana Keynote Lectures:

Bridget Riley and British Constructivism
Associate Professor Peter Stupples
Sunday 8 May, 2pm
Peter Stupples, Otago University Art History lecturer, re-examines Riley's contribution to Modernism and the relationship of her work to the underestimated British Constructivism of 1960-1985.

A Fast Ride or A Slow Burn:
Bridget Riley’s Painting and its Impact During the 1960s and Today
Zara Stanhope
Sunday 15 May, 2pm
Zara Stanhope, Senior Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art (Melbourne, Australia), discusses Bridget Riley’s distinguished career focusing on how Riley has consistently extended the language of painting and our understanding of the pleasures of sight.

Seeing and Believing : The Reception of Bridget Riley’s Art
Associate Professor Jenny Harper
Sunday 22 May, 2pm
One of the world’s leading experts on Bridget Riley, Victoria University Art History lecturer Jenny Harper, examines Riley’s life and work from her early black and white paintings to her increasing concern with the self-generating luminosity of pure colour, and explores how Riley’s innovative work explores the truth of what one can see.