Victor Vasarely – Eye attack (1969)

Louisiana poster with the work, Tridim TT , (1969), by the Hungarian artist, Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), published in connection with Louisiana's 2016 exhibition of Op Art, kinetic art, an abstract art form that makes use of optical phenomena, which is primarily intended to find its meaning in the viewer's own sensory apparatus - perceptual art. Op Art also had enormous impact in fashion, design and advertising, and Victor Vasarely is seen as central to the movement.

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Op Art - Optical Art - emerged in Europe in the mid-1950s with its own geometric aesthetic in continuation of constructivist and concrete art. As kinetic art, it purposefully seeks to influence our senses with visual distortions and works in motion (kinetic comes from the Greek, kinetikos - about movement).

Vasarely refined the optical effects in black and white to continue the work with the illusions in color. The Hungarian-born, but Paris-based artist became not only a leading figure in the formal approach of Op Art, but also for the ideal of the democratization of art, of the viewer as the protagonist of the work.

Dimensions: W: 31.8 x H: 68 cm

Note: The poster is sold without a frame.