EYE ATTACK/ OP ART AND KINETIC ART 1950

Op art had its inception in the middle of the 1950s and its glory days in the 1960s, when it established itself internationally acro ss political and cultural contexts. These artists--among them Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley--were preoccupied with science, the psychology of perception and the new technology of the time.This dynamic approach to the world is also the essence of kinetic art, w hich broadly describes works of art that incorporate movement, whether literally or as an illusion. Optical and kinetic art develope d hand in...[Read more]