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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Vasarely creates an optical illusion, giving an impression of movement to the painting.
In 1943, Vasarely began to work extensively in oils, creating both abstract and figurative canvases.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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During the 1950's, Vasarely wrote a series of manifestos on the use of optical phenomena for artistic purposes.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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This quilt is based on a photograph of a painting by Victor Vasarely that appeared on the cover of the September 1998 Communications of the ACM magazine.
Working alongside his father, Victor Vasarely, he discovered and explored the beauty of geometry in art.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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I was very fortunate to have met Victor Vasarely several times and will always remember him as a very warm, funny, charming, intelligent man.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Further steps towards the development of Vasarely's abstract forms leading to the creation of the plastic unit.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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In 1955, Galerie Denise Rene hosted a major group exhibition in connection with Vasarely's painting experiments with movement.
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant
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Colored rectangles and ellipses inspired by Victor Vasarely's experiments with tilting circles and squares.
Vasarely was the major figure of this minor movement, with his eye-popping works of optical illusion.
Vasarely was one of the pioneers of Optical art - Op Art - that developed alongside Pop Art in the 1960s.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Vasarely's works have been categorized into a variety of different, sometimes overlapping, styles.
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