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| Note created | Feb 13, 2026 |
A movement that emerged in the 1960s in Europe and the United States, using geometric patterns and precise color relationships to create optical illusions of movement, vibration, and depth on flat surfaces. Key figures include Bridget Riley—whose Current produces a powerful sense of visual movement from simple undulating lines—and Victor Vasarely. It grew out of Minimalism’s interest in pure visual perception and the color experiments of Neo-Impressionism and Bauhaus theory, prioritizing the viewer’s perceptual experience above all else.