Richter foregrounds paint itself, the sensuality of its dried and liquescent textures and the sheer opticality of its chroma. (christies.com)
There is less opticality in these works than visual splendor. (lesliefeely.com)
During his undergraduate years at Princeton University, Bannard joined fellow students, the painter Frank Stella and the critic and art historian Michael Fried, in conversations that expanded aesthetic definitions and led to an emphasis on opticality as the defining feature of pictorial art. (hamptonsarthub.com)