Now You See It, Now You Don't

Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-born artist who used ideal mathematical forms throughout his career. Simple geometry provides the foundation of his optical art.

Vasarely employed a basic repetition of form that uses color in an ambiguous way, suggesting both "in" and "out" simultaneously.

He would also skew otherwise "regular" geometrical shapes to suggest a dimensionality on the flat surfaces of his paintings.

Find out more about optical art, math, and Victor Vasarely:

• The Official Victor Vasarely website
• Vasarely on Wikipedia
• Optical Illusions In Art: Or--Discover How Paintings Aren't Always What They Seem to Be
  
• Victor Vasarely at the Tate