My work is completed by the viewer. — Bridget Riley · Skopia

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My work is completed by the viewer.

2008

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Riley, Bridget. "The Life of Riley." Interviewed by Jonathan Jones. Guardian, July 4, 2008, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/jul/05/art1.

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