Monocolor Yellow 1971

Victor Vasarely made "Monocolor Yellow" by carefully arranging squares and circles in shades of yellow and brown. For me, the beauty of this piece lies in how Vasarely uses color to trick the eye. Look at how the shades shift; the gradients make the flat surface feel like it's popping out at you. The color feels like it's almost alive, pulsating. I love that! It shows how much can be done with a single color when you really start playing around with it. It reminds me a little of Josef Albers' work on color, but with a much more playful, almost futuristic feel. It’s like Vasarely is saying, "Hey, let’s see how far we can push this!" And that kind of experimental spirit is something I really dig in art.