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There is a reference to Op Art in this issue and, as this may be unknown to some of our members, an explanation from The Tate seems appropriate:

A major development in the 1960s of painting that created optical effects for the spectator. These effects ranged from the subtle to the disturbing and disorienting. Op painting used a framework of purely geometric forms as the basis for its effects and also drew on colour theory and the physiology and psychology of perception. Leading figures were Bridget Riley, Jesus Raphael Soto, and Victor Vasarely. Vasarely was one of the originators of Op art. Soto's work often involves mobile elements and points up the close connection between Kinetic and Op art.

If you have access to the internet, my old friend Prof. Dr. Charles Zuill’s work is worth a visit at homepage.mac.com/emmapeel/Zuill/sr.html. where you can also find his essays. Give time to reading Surface Reality.

 

Ed.