THE OP ART

(optical art)
Presented by:
Basaez, Gabrielle
Jasmin, Rheanne
Jocson, Ronn
Pimentel, Shiela May Asher
 HISTORY OF OP ART
Victor Vasarely
- pioneered the movement in his 1938 painting
Zebra.
 HISTORY OF OP ART
1964- OP ART

- Term OP ART was first used

by Donald Judd.
 1964- OP ART
October 1964
- OP ART was featured in Time Magazine.
 1965- OP ART
The Responsive Eye
- Exhibition of OP ART held at
New York Museum of Modern
Art
- Showcased 123 paintings
 THE IDEA OF OP ARTISTS

Look at the work of art that is physically in

front of us.

Op Art presents us an art work that our

brains cant easily reconcile.

Communicate through a completely abstract

language.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF OP
ART

1. ILLUSION

2. MOVEMENT

3. GEOMETRIC

4. CONTRAST
 ILLUSION
fools the eye of the viewer (deceiving)
functional relationship between the eye's retina
and the brain (visual perception)
Repetitive patterns, shapes and colors used are
typically selected for their illusional qualities
rather than for their substantive or emotional
content
the use of positive and negative spaces
Are the horizontal parallel or do
they slope?

CAF WALL ILLUSION

 Can you count the
number of black dots?

SCINTILLATING GRID ILLUSION

 Do you see the peace
symbols and the cube?
MOVEMENT
a form of kinetic art

create a sort of visual tension in the

viewer's mind (swelling, warping, flashing,
vibration)
ROTATING SNAKES created by
Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka
CATARACT 3 by
Bridget Riley
GEOMETRIC

geometrically-based nature

mathematically-themed form of abstract art (non-

representational or non-objective art)

non-representational geometric shapes which create

various types of optical illusion
GEOMETRIC

illusion and sense of movement due to its

precise, mathematically-based composition

Perspective ("illusion" of depth and

perspective; Op-Art merely broadens its
inherently illusionary nature by interfering
with the rules governing optical perception)
Geometric Op-Art from Formulation
Articulation, 1972 by Josef Albers
VEGA III, VICTOR VASARELY
 Op Art tutorial.
Fantastic step-by-step visual of
a Victor Vasarely piece for
students.
CONTRAST
Interaction of color relationships

first produced in black-and-white, later in vibrant color

typically used only black and white in order to produce
the greatest contrast in their designs

careful juxtaposition of color (chromatic or

achromatic)
 CONTRAST
the interaction of differing colors in the painting simultaneous
contrast, successive contrast, and reverse contrast may cause
additional retinal effects (e.g. after-images)
Richard Anuszkiewicz's Temple"
paintings
DUO 2 by Victor Vasarely
 3 MAJOR INFLUENTIAL
ARTIST

1. VICTOR VASARELY

2. BRIDGET RILEY

3. PETER SEDGLEY
 VICTOR VASARELY
Father of Op-Art

Worked as a graphic designer and poster

artist

principle of internal geometry in the

natural world is one of the motifs

mission is of "a new city - geometrical,

sunny and full of colours", resplendent
with an art "kinetic, multi-dimensional
and communal"
AMBIGU-B, 1970
 BRIDGET RILEY
effect of works can be to produce
vertigo that the eye has to look away

patterns are intuitive and not strictly

derived from scientific or mathematical
calculations

geometrical structure is often disguised

by the illusory effects
Movement in Squares, 1961
PETER SEDGLEY
famous for occasionally using light and
kinetics to bring to life his optical
compositions.

produced luminous paintings of circles

and other optical explorations

known to have experimented with

elements such as video-rotors and audio-
visual incorporated art.
Video Disques by Peter Sedgley
CONTEMPORARY
DESIGNS
Architecture inspired by the
caf wall illusion, at
Melbourne Docklands.
THANK YOU!!