COp Art

COp art , Kinetic art, or " optique" , is a term used to describe some Peinture S made starting from the Années 1960 and which exploit the fallibility of the eye through optical illusions.

Works COp art are in general abstract S. the most known parts are carried out in black and white and give the impression of movement, glare of light and vibration, or alternatively of distension and warping.

The term appeared in the press (Time magazine) in October 1964, but of works which can be described as COp art had been produced for several years. One can in particular evoke paintings of Victor Vasarely of the Années 1930 as Zebra (1938), which is entirely made black and white diagonal bands twisted in a manner to give a three-dimensional impression of a sitted Zèbre.

The movement is in the prolongation of the abstract experiments of the Suprématisme, the constructivism and the Néo-plasticisme of Mondrian and Van Doesburg.

In 1965 the exposure the answering eye was organized with New York: it gathered all the achievements of COp art considered since as important. That helped to put it on before artistic plan. Suddenly this art became very popular and was copied by the Publicité.

Bridget Riley, according to the direction of Vasarely, east can be one of artists COp art the best known ones. Later it produced with a complete pallet of colors. Contrasts of colors are sometimes used to give an illusion of movement.

Other known artists of this type of art included Alexander Calder, Agam, Daniel Buren, Jesús-Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Youri Messen-Jaschin, Nicolas Schöffer, Julio the Park, Richard Anuszkiewicz and Zanis Waldheims.

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allposter: Vazarely
Rafael Soto
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Messen-Jaschin COp art
Messen-Jaschin COp art
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life and the work of Zanis Waldheims
COp Article Galleries of effects obtained with simple geometrical rules

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