10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OP ART»
Discover the use of
op art in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
op art and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This bold new catalogue collects the work of a generation of international artists who were fascinated by the physical laws of light and optics, visual phenomena and the principles of perception.
Martina Weinhart, Max Hollein, 2007
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Op-
Art Socks: Creative Effects in Sock Knitting
The book includes black and white swatches of all patterns so that you can readily perceive the Op Art illusions in each piece. Opt-Art Socks is truly unique in theme and designs. Go beyond ordinary sock knitting into new territory!
Stephanie van der Linden, 2013
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Graphic and
Op-
Art Mazes
40 original mazes, among most visually beautiful. 7 in full color. Op art effects, visual illusions, 3-D mazes, etc. Solutions.
4
Optical
Art: Theory and Practice
Explanation of optical art, an artistic development in the 1960s, and how it achieved its singular effects
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Op Art: Perceptions of Reality
interest in Op Art: Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s at the Columbus
Museum of Art in Ohio, and Op Art at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt. Of these
two exhibitions, Rimanelli asserts, "they restore Op as a subject of genuine
fascination ...
Christine Michelle Humphrey, 2008
Publisher's Note Jean Larcher, a French graphic artist and designer with a
special interest in optical phenomena, here offers 30 new and original op art
designs created specially for their coloring potential. The abstract patterns and
shapes, ...
7
Name That Style: All about Isms in
Art
it comes from the fact that this style is based on was Op Art popular? Op Art
probably started with a work called Zebra, which Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely
created in 1938. However, Op Art became most popular during the late 1960s in
the ...
8
Dress and Popular Culture
Art was sold as a fashion style, with the actual design of the garment acting as a
support for the image. The choice of an op-art print for the first Scott dresses was
in perfect harmony with the times. The "Responsive Eye" Op-Art exhibition held at
...
Patricia Anne Cunningham, Susan Voso Lab, 1991
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Abstract Painting in Canada
including both Op art and Minimalism, turning on its head Neo-Geo's ironic
appropriation of Op as a sign of modernist failure. Neither Op art nor Minimalist "
existence" art was, after all, a "style," but a way of working that perceived of reality
as a ...
10
Optic Nerve: Perceptual
Art of The 1960s
This important book published to accompany the first major Op art exhibition by on American museum in twenty-five years, examines the development of the movement, its cultural context and its widespread impact on advertising, fashion and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OP ART»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
op art is used in the context of the following news items.
Kinetic Works by the Artist Gego Are Headed for 2 Shows
Her sculpture “Sphere” was acquired in 1959 by the Museum of Modern Art, which included her in its landmark 1965 exhibition of Op Art, “The ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Museum & Gallery Listings for July 24-30
Best of all, more of the museum's vast permanent collection is now on view, including an Op Art weaving, miniature spiral staircases, ballistic ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Latin American print shows offers evocative voices
Venezuelan native Carlos Cruz-Diez's (1923- ) Op Art experiments with vibrant color and linear overlays creating dizzying optical experiences. «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
David Richard Gallery Presents “(Un)Real”, An Examination of the …
David Richard Gallery is a contemporary art gallery specializing in post war art, including Color Field, hard edge, geometric abstraction, Op Art, ... «Press Release Rocket, Jul 15»
New ARTneo Exhibition Spans 100 Years of Abstraction in …
“From Cubism and Futurism, to Op Art and hard-edge abstraction, the works illustrate how artists in Cleveland adapted and built upon ... «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Jul 15»
Museum & Gallery Listings for July 17-23
Best of all, more of the museum's vast permanent collection is now on view, including an Op Art weaving, miniature spiral staircases, ballistic ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Three engaging shows highlight the summer at the Weatherspoon
Op art employs geometric abstraction and tonal or color contrasts to create optical illusions and related visual effects. Strictly applied, the term ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
Jaime Roque: From realism to optics
Coined in 1964 in response to an exhibit by artist Julian Stanczak, op art, as it is known, has as its roots in the German Bauhaus movement and ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
Museum & Gallery Listings for July 10-16
Best of all, more of the museum's vast permanent collection is now on view, including an Op Art weaving, miniature spiral staircases, ballistic ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Dan Rizzie Prints
... Zimmerman works in a variety of styles, with elements of Pop, color field painting, Abstract Expressionism, and Op art present in his paintings. «East Hampton Star, Jul 15»
