ORA – MC 1975

Victor Vasarely made this optical painting of squares in all the colours of the rainbow. I’m trying to imagine what Vasarely was thinking when he made this. Did he approach it mathematically, mapping out each square with precision? Or did he allow for some improvisation within the grid, like jazz? The curved perspective is so disorienting! It’s as if he’s bending reality right before our eyes. I can only imagine the hours he spent refining the colors and curves. You know, making a painting like this is almost like conducting an experiment. What happens when we push perception to its limits? How do colors play tricks on us when placed in the right order? The more I look at this, the more I think about how, as painters, we are all looking for the new and the unseen, inspired by those who came before. What a conversation.