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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Op art canonical 45
Op art movement 2

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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
emergedInPeriod 1960s
exhibitionHeldAt 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 (47)

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Penetrable movement Op art
Josef Albers influenced Op art
Abraham Palatnik movement Op art
M. C. Escher movement Op art
Larry Poons movement Op art
subject linked to: Poons
Larry Poons influencedBy Op art movement
subject linked to: Poons
linked to: Op art
Concrete art movement influenced Op art
subject linked to: concrete art movement
Eusebio Sempere movement Op art
Eusebio Sempere influencedBy Op art movement
linked to: Op art
Finish Fetish influencedBy Op art
Yaacov Agam movement Op art
Jesús Rafael Soto movement Op art
subject linked to: Jesús Soto
Carlos Cruz-Diez movement Op art
Esfera Lutecia movement Op art
Bridget Riley movement Op art
Julian Stanczak movement Op art
Relativity artMovement Op art
Drawing Hands movement Op art
Waterfall movement Op art
Day and Night artMovement Op art
Circle Limit I artMovement Op art
Belvedere artMovement Op art
Print Gallery movement Op art
House of Stairs movement Op art
Another World movement Op art
Three Worlds artMovement Op art
Reptiles movement Op art
Bond of Union artMovement Op art
Maurits Cornelis Escher artMovement Op art
subject linked to: Maurits
Circle Limit III movement Op art
Guido Molinari movement Op art
Miroslav Šutej movement Op art