It is also why
Op Art continues to fly beneath the radar.
Not exact matches
As a cerebral painter, this body of work
continues his interest in systems, minimalism, and
Op Art from the 1960s and 70s; with the computer as a drawing tool, his images also explore contemporary graphic design, digital technology and the history of hard - edged abstract, geometric painting.
Op Art is again being revisited by a younger generation in light of the changing relationship to opticality through digital technology, and the work of Andrade
continues to be informed by that rich dialogue.
A pioneer of the
Op Art movement of the 1960s and one of the most significant artists working today, Bridget Riley's dedication to the interaction of form and color has led to a
continued exploration of perception.
Hard - edge painting, geometric abstraction, appropriation, hyperrealism, photorealism, expressionism, minimalism, lyrical abstraction, pop
art,
op art, abstract expressionism, color field painting, monochrome painting, neo-expressionism, collage, intermedia painting, assemblage painting, digital painting, postmodern painting, Neo-Dada painting, shaped canvas painting, environmental mural painting, traditional figure painting, landscape painting, portrait painting, are a few
continuing and current directions in painting at the beginning of the 21st century.
At 92 years - old, Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz - Diez
continues to influence the kinetic and
op art movement with his entire career focusing on color, line and perception.
Today
Op and Kinetic
art continues to develop with the next generation of young artists.
His research influenced Minimalism, Color Field painters, Abstract Expressionism,
Op Art, and
continues to inspire a new generation of abstract artists.
One event that was emblematic of such movements is the famous Festival of New
Art: ACTION / AGIT - OP / DECOLLAGE / HAPPENING / EVENTS / ANTI-ART / L'AUTRISME / ART TOTAL / REFLUXUS held on 1964 in Aachen where German artist Joseph Beuys got beaten up yet continued performing for another four hours with a bloody no
Art: ACTION / AGIT -
OP / DECOLLAGE / HAPPENING / EVENTS / ANTI-
ART / L'AUTRISME / ART TOTAL / REFLUXUS held on 1964 in Aachen where German artist Joseph Beuys got beaten up yet continued performing for another four hours with a bloody no
ART / L'AUTRISME /
ART TOTAL / REFLUXUS held on 1964 in Aachen where German artist Joseph Beuys got beaten up yet continued performing for another four hours with a bloody no
ART TOTAL / REFLUXUS held on 1964 in Aachen where German artist Joseph Beuys got beaten up yet
continued performing for another four hours with a bloody nose.
Artists representing various movements and geographical backgrounds are all there: Cubist, Dada, and Russian avant - garde artists of the 1910s and 1920s, with their images of flat, intersecting planes and floating shapes; artists associated with Minimalism,
Op art, and hard - edge abstraction in the 1960s and 1970s, whose primary interest lay in the investigation of reductive form and color; and contemporary artists who
continue to exploit the infinite potential of simple geometries.
As popular as
Op Art may have been in its heyday, classic works by the masters
continue to rise in value and once again, the movements popularity is on the rise.
By the 1960s, the main effects of Abstract Expressionism had been thoroughly absorbed, although its themes and techniques
continued to influence later artists from a variety of different schools, including
Op Art, Fluxus, Pop
Art, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, Neo-Expressionism, and others.