Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Nora-Dell
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Nora-Dell
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Image View:
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Detail of optical illusion at corner of center graphic
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Creator:
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Victor Vasarely (French printmaker, 1906 or 1908-1997)
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Location:
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repository: Vasarely Múzeum (Budapest, Budapest (special city), Hungary)
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Location Note:
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Paseo del Prado, 8; Victor Vasarely: The Birth of Op Art (Exhibition, June 7-September 9 2018)
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GPS:
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+40.416111-3.695
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Date:
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1974-1979 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Op art; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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screen print
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Classification:
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Prints
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Material:
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printers ink on paper
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Technique:
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screen printing
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Measurements:
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87 cm (height, paper size x 78 cm (width, paper size)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); nonrepresentational art; geometric; optical illusion
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Description:
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In the 1950s and early 1960s, Vasarely had a black and white period which he called Kineticism. Inspired by Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist composition, Black and White (1915), which embodies the harmony of spirituality and is widely interpreted as the 'end point' of painting, Vasarely conceived of the picture titled Homage to Malevich (1954). Its basic component, a square rotated about its axis so that it appears as a rhombus, became the starting point of his 'kinetic' works which later developed into what was recognized as Op Art. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothyssen.org/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-VASARELY-BOA-ND-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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