Riley and Doig at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

There are two contemporary artists' retrospectives showing at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris this summer.

The better known is probably Bridget Riley, now some 77 years old, who has been through periods of painting from Seurat through Vasarely to Morris Louis.  One can then see pointalist/impressionist works, black and white dizzying canvases, such as is reproduced in the poster above, and colored striped and almost Matisse-cut-outy ones.  It runs til Sept 14th.

The poster for the other show of Peter Doig, a 49-year-old Scotsman who was brought up in Canada but lives in Trinidad, is kinda weird - showing a wild-looking man in a long red canoe.  His work goes from the representative to the washed out look of John Heliker, who displays at the Kraushaar Gallery in NY. The show runs until Sept 7th.

Both shows are interesting, especially for aspiring artists looking for interesting stylistic references.