Oblique (Vasarely) Explained

Oblique
Other Language 1:Hungarian
Other Title 1:Ferde
Artist:Victor Vasarely
Type:collage
Height Metric:78
Width Metric:77
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Budapest
Museum:Museum of Fine Arts

Oblique (in Hungarian: Ferde) is a collage by Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely from 1966 to 1974.

Description

Its dimensions are 78 x 77 centimeters. The picture is part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Analysis

The Op art work is a grid of diagonal squares arranged to form a bright green central cross, whose colours fade and darken to black in successive rows away from it, overlaid with a pattern of uniformly dark blue roundels. Clipping of the shapes suggests overlapping layers, whose inferred edges interrupt the symmetry of the shapes with an elusive pattern.[2]

References

47.5159°N 19.0768°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Szépművészeti Múzeum - Gyujtemenyi kereső angol - Artwork . www.szepmuveszeti.hu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308072200/http://www.szepmuveszeti.hu/adatlap_eng/ferde_victor_vasarely_15402 . 2016-03-08.
  2. Web site: Oblique.