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Victor Vasarely: Optical Perspectives exhibit opens in Yerevan
September 10, 2011 - 12:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 10, the Eagle Gallery at Cafesjian
Center for the Arts hosted the opening of Victor Vasarely: Optical
Perspectives exhibition.
A selection of 44 prints from the Gerard L. Cafesjian Collection will
represent various periods of Vasarely's legacy.
Wood, aluminium, plastic as well as silk screening techniques are used
by the famous Hungarian -French artist in his works.
A prominent figure of 20th century art Victor Vasarely was born in
Pécs, Hungary in 1906. Having studied art at the Podolini-Volkmann
private academy and then at `Muhely' Academy in Budapest, Vasarely
moves to Paris in 1930. Exploring the optical effects and interaction
of color and form, Vasarely develops his own style of geometric
abstraction, founding a new artistic movement. In 1965, after the
`Responsive Eye' exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art,
Vasarely was recognized the forefather of op-art.
Defining the principle of unity of color and form, Vasarely creates
the plastic alphabet, the units of which, through reconfigurations and
permutations generate endless creative combinations. By developing the
plastic alphabet into the universal language of art Victor Vasarely
aspires to make art accessible to all, to contribute to the harmonious
development of art and society.
From: A. Papazian
September 10, 2011 - 12:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 10, the Eagle Gallery at Cafesjian
Center for the Arts hosted the opening of Victor Vasarely: Optical
Perspectives exhibition.
A selection of 44 prints from the Gerard L. Cafesjian Collection will
represent various periods of Vasarely's legacy.
Wood, aluminium, plastic as well as silk screening techniques are used
by the famous Hungarian -French artist in his works.
A prominent figure of 20th century art Victor Vasarely was born in
Pécs, Hungary in 1906. Having studied art at the Podolini-Volkmann
private academy and then at `Muhely' Academy in Budapest, Vasarely
moves to Paris in 1930. Exploring the optical effects and interaction
of color and form, Vasarely develops his own style of geometric
abstraction, founding a new artistic movement. In 1965, after the
`Responsive Eye' exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art,
Vasarely was recognized the forefather of op-art.
Defining the principle of unity of color and form, Vasarely creates
the plastic alphabet, the units of which, through reconfigurations and
permutations generate endless creative combinations. By developing the
plastic alphabet into the universal language of art Victor Vasarely
aspires to make art accessible to all, to contribute to the harmonious
development of art and society.
From: A. Papazian