Bridget Riley’s Cherub (2020) exemplifies the artist’s lifelong exploration of perception into a refined, contemporary form. In place of the stark optical contrasts that defined her early Op Art, Riley here favours a softer register of colours and flowing biomorphic rhythms, creating a work that feels both disciplined and fluid.

The print holds the eye in a subtle state of instability; forms appear to float across the surface, shifting between stasis and movement, restraint and release. That tension is central to Riley’s practice, and in Cherub it is articulated with exceptional prudence.

This original screenprint presents the assurance of one of Britain’s most important living artists at her most refined, a composition that is visually sophisticated, immediately recognisable, and deeply attuned to the pleasures of close looking.