Today’s Op Art is not the same as hyper-realistic art. It is more abstract, relying on geometric compositions to trick the eye that unreal forms and spatial planes exist.

Victor Vasarely, the founder of the op art movement, once said, “In basic research, intellectual rigor and sentimental freedom necessarily alternate”.

It was only with the birth of the op art (for “optical art”) movement that visual illusions became a recognized art form. The movement arose simultaneously in Europe and the U.S. in the 1960s ...

The image, known as the Coffer Illusion, was submitted to Reddit, and is a variation on Gianni Sarcone’s ‘Op Art Illusion’.

The Flatlight is candle jewelry that turns a tealight into the optical illusion of a 3-D candlestick. Eye-Blitzing Op Art Offers A Low-Tech View Of Computer Wizardry A New York exhibition explores ...