Petete 1976 - 1978

Victor Vasarely made this painting, Petete, and look at all those clean-edged color blocks! I imagine Vasarely, sleeves rolled up, meticulously plotting each cube, each color shift. It’s almost hypnotic, right? Like staring into a kaleidoscope. There’s this pulsating rhythm, these geometric shapes playing tricks on our eyes. It’s not just a flat surface; the cubes seem to bulge and recede. It's like he's bending space itself, and what does that even mean? I think he’s asking us to question what we see, to realize that perception is fluid, not fixed. And that cool blue morphing into a hot pink is so playful. You know, all painting is about this kind of seeing. We're always nudging each other, ‘Hey, look at this, what do you see?’