Paura 1984

This is Victor Vasarely's "Paura," and it's like diving into a world of optical illusion. The way the colors shift from green at the top to red at the bottom, with these black diamonds holding it all together, it feels like a process of constant change and movement, like a digital screen. Vasarely really gets into the physicality of color and surface here. The colors aren't just painted on; they seem to vibrate, creating a sense of depth that messes with your eyes. There's a rhythm to the squares that hypnotize and create that kind of fearful reaction he might have been after. It reminds me a bit of Bridget Riley’s work. Both artists were really interested in how our eyes and brains work together to make sense of what we see, creating a whole conversation about perception and reality. It's a reminder that art doesn't always have to be about what's real, but about how we perceive what could be real.