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ceramic,
porcelain and
wood, every item from our selection of vasarely victor porcelain was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of vasarely victor porcelain — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right object in our assortment of vasarely victor porcelain, those designed in
Mid-Century Modern and
Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one option in this array of vasarely victor porcelain that is appealing in its simplicity, but
Victor Vasarely,
Rosenthal and
Zsolnay produced versions that are worth a look.
Widely considered the grandfather of Op art, the French-Hungarian painter Victor Vasarely (1906–97) created eye-popping geometric abstractions that play with the viewer’s perception of depth, perspective and motion. A classic example is the 1937 Zebra, which consists of undulating black and white stripes that suggest the form of the titular animal through optical trickery. The work is often credited as the earliest Op art painting.
Such illusions were more than pleasing tricks for Vasarely, who insisted that “pure form and pure color can signify the world.” He wanted to “democratize” art by producing works in large editions at reasonable prices that were understandable across national and cultural boundaries. In the 1960s, he developed an alphabet plastique, or fine art alphabet, consisting of elementary visual building blocks that could be used in endless combinations to create original compositions. By employing this universal visual vocabulary and stripping away topical references, he sought to create what he called a “Planetary Folklore.”
Embodying Vasarely’s singular belief that art should serve a social function, accessible to all, these innovations may perhaps be his greatest contribution to 20th-century art.
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