Victor Vasarely

Time Magazine coined the term op art in 1964, in response to Julian Stanczak's show Optical Paintings at the Martha Jackson Gallery, to mean a form of abstract art (specifically non-objective art) that uses optical illusions.^[3][4] Works now described as "op art" had been produced for several years before Time's 1964 article. For instance, Victor Vasarely's painting Zebras (1938) is made up entirely of curvilinearblack and white stripes not contained by contour lines. 

   

A look at Victor Varsarely's work

Varsarely explains his form of geometric Op Art in an interview

ICT Op Art

Homage to Movement in Squares - Learn how to create your own Op Art using PowerPoint.

Two Part Video Showing how to create an Op Art effect

What is Op Art?

Take a look at this introduction to Op Art Prezi 

Op Art is all to do with geometry, shapes, colours and patterns and was started in the 1960s.

Very basic 2 minute intro to Op Art and artists who are working today with Optical Art. 

Take a look at how you could make these amazing OP Art works.

Bridget Riley

Who is Bridget Riley ?

When Bridget Riley first exhibited her black and white abstract paintings in the 1960s, people were amazed at how they seemed to move. It was like she was painting with electricity and the patterns were live wires! For more information on her check out the Op Art website

5 minute video with music showing Bridget Riley's Art work.

Andrew Graham-Dixon 6 minute video about Bridget Riley

Guardian Critic 5 minute video about the circles

Watch from 2.47min - 10.40 for Bridget Riley and the Responsive Eye and her later colour work.