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Vasarely: VASA ARNY (1976))
Larry Day introduced me to my first great work of art. The Op art of Victor Vasarely. Mr. Day is the father of the guitarist in one of my early bands.
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Vasarely: BIVALA (1959))
He showed me his source book on Vasarely. As I turned the pages, each picture looked similar, but the art was so different from normal art. A little seed had been planted. Art was pretty "normal" until George Braque and Pablo Piccaso displayed their cubistic paintings. With the addition of pieces of paper, printed with designs, (Papier collé), the sophistication of modern art paintings, leaped into the stratosphere of human imagination.
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Vasarely show an amazing amount of maturity. If you are painting a still life or landscape, you know what your work should end up looking like. Practice and experience should allow you to find your personal style. But how do you see Girl-Flower before you take the paint from the cupboard.
Vasarely: GIRL-FLOWER (1934))
Coming back to Vasarely after sufficient time for the "World of Us" to find its resting place, a picture like the 1963 "Untitled" is a
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Vasarely: UNTITLED (1963))