During the mythical 1960s in America, an article in Time Magazine discussed Optical Art for the first time. The main objective of this art movement was to deceive our eye. Optical illusions and the combinations of lines, forms and colours on the canvas generate a sense of instability, mild vertigo or even seasickness to the viewer. But optical art isn’t limited to the canvas! Other artists used electrical or magnetic devices to play with our optical perception. The main Optical artists are Julio Le Parc, Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Jesús Rafael Soto. During the same years, two movements emerged in Italy, Gruppo T in Milan and Gruppo N in Padova. Italian artists use the same visual strategies to generate movement and deceive our eyes as American and British Op-Art artists.
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During the mythical 1960s in America, an article in Time Magazine discussed Optical Art for the first time. The main objective of this art movement was to deceive our eye. Optical illusions and the combinations of lines, forms and colours on the canvas generate a sense of instability, mild vertigo or even seasickness to the viewer. But optical art isn’t limited to the canvas! Other artists... continue...
