Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Feny
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Image View:
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Detail; the circles are based on a square grid
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Creator:
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Victor Vasarely (French painter, 1906 or 1908-1997)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
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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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1973 (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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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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acrylic on canvas
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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180 cm (height) x 180 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); nonrepresentational art; space; geometric; optical illusion
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Description:
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Colección Carmen Thyssen Bornemisza. Inspired by contemporary news reports about mysterious signals received from distant galaxies, Vasarely named many of his works after stars and constellations. The Vega series (of which this is one) rely on convex-concave distortions of a grid-like network, a sophisticated combination of the cube and the sphere, symbolically referring to the two-way motion of the light that emanates from pulsating stars, and to the functioning of condensing galaxies and the expanding universe. (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-F-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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