Optical Art

(1950s to1960s)

By: Stephany Pulla

Artists

Bridget Riley Victor Vasarely Heinz Mack Jesus - Rafael Soto

Optical Art Movement

• Optical Art is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art.

• It uses repetition of simple shapes and colors.

• Creates a foreground- background confusion.

• Many artists experimented with Optical art in the early 1920s and 1930s.

• It is an art that to this day is still used.

Artwork: Bridget Riley

Blaze 1

1962

Cataract 3

1967

Victor Vasarely

Etude Lineaire

1935

Vega 200 1968

Heinz Mack

Pyramide1989

Light Dynamo 1963

Jesus-Rafael Soto

Untitled

1959

Vibration 1963

Works Cited

http://kulpol.ffm-info.net/images/vasarely.gif

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OdapNWKIKyUdHLn-I9qaCQ

http://artnet.com/

http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/