Likka 2 1956 - 1959

This is Victor Vasarely's ‘Likka 2’ and I'm looking at a black and white painting or print, a real exercise in geometric abstraction. The upper part is a square, or an almost square with the suggestion of a rhombus inside it, like it's about to float off the surface. And below there’s this grid of black squares on a white background, some of which are tilting. You can almost imagine Vasarely's process; laying down the grid, and then intuitively deciding which squares to twist and turn, creating this odd sense of movement, like things are about to slide off the canvas. It feels almost like a digital glitch. I can imagine other artists, like Josef Albers, being excited by the way it messes with your perception. There's an ongoing conversation between artists across generations, seeing and challenging what came before. It's kind of exciting.