Op art

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Op art is an abstract art movement that uses precise patterns, contrasts, and optical illusions to create a sense of movement and visual vibration.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Op art canonical 6

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract art ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
visual art genre ⓘ
aimsTo create a sense of movement ⓘ
create depth illusions ⓘ
create visual vibration ⓘ
destabilize visual perception ⓘ
alsoKnownAs optical art ⓘ
appliedIn fashion design ⓘ
graphic design ⓘ
basedOn optical illusions ⓘ
emergedInCountry France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emergedInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
exhibitionHeldAt Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York
exhibitionYear 1965 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic afterimage effects ⓘ
ambiguous figure-ground relationships ⓘ
dynamic surfaces ⓘ
moiré patterns ⓘ
non-representational imagery ⓘ
viewer-dependent effects ⓘ
hasMedium drawing ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
hasNotableArtist Bridget Riley ⓘ
Carlos Cruz-Diez ⓘ
Jesús Rafael Soto ⓘ
Julian Stanczak ⓘ
Richard Anuszkiewicz ⓘ
Victor Vasarely ⓘ
Yaacov Agam ⓘ
influencedBy Bauhaus ⓘ
Constructivism ⓘ
Gestalt psychology ⓘ
color theory ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ
popularizedByExhibition The Responsive Eye ⓘ
relatedTo Hard-edge painting ⓘ
Kinetic art ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
uses color interactions ⓘ
geometric forms ⓘ
high contrast ⓘ
line ⓘ
precise patterns ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
shape ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penetrable → movement → Op art ⓘ
Josef Albers → influenced → Op art ⓘ
Abraham Palatnik → movement → Op art ⓘ
M. C. Escher → movement → Op art ⓘ