Looking Glass No. 3 1966

Curator: Here we have Peter Sedgley's "Looking Glass No. 3," currently held in the Tate Collections. Editor: Wow, the intensity of that red hits you immediately, doesn't it? It's like staring into a sunset about to explode. Curator: Sedgley's work is often associated with Op Art. The stark contrast and simple geometric forms play with perception, reflecting broader postwar explorations of color theory and its psychological impacts. Editor: It feels like a portal, or some kind of cosmic eye. Maybe it's about self-reflection, gazing inward? Or maybe it's just a groovy visual trip, man. Curator: And that tension between order and blur, between the perfect circle and its hazy edges, mirrors the societal anxieties of the period. The anxieties and strictures everyone was struggling with. Editor: I’m seeing a vibrant, bold statement and also a quiet invitation to contemplation. Curator: A fitting paradox for art then.