I never considered optical illusions an art form until I read about it in the text, but I suppose it does deserve the title of art. It doesn’t look like the traditional “art” that most would think of as far as paintings and such, but it does take an incredible of artistic and creative talent to be able to do it. It baffles me that something that is inanimate and immobile can appear to move just sitting on the page. Whoever was the first person to realize the potential or possibility of optical illusions is a sheer genius! Beyond the thought process and ingenius design, I think that optical illusions take as much artistic ability as a great painting. They aren’t nearly as beautiful, but to be able to draw lines that are different widths and distances apart and make it consistent across the page just is truly impressive to me. The one example they have in the book is Current done by Bridget Riley. It is awesome and does resemble and even appear to flow like a current! I was impressed enough by this piece that I looked up other pieces by Riley. She has some other crazy works such as Movement in Squares, Cataract, and Blaze. Each piece is the same general idea of lines and shapes that appear to move when you view them. It almost gives me a headache looking at these, but it is worth it as these are truly amazing works of art that are extremely aesthetically pleasing.
My favorite - Blaze
Movement in Squares
I think it is an interesting form of art that can make stationary objects or two dimensional pictures seems to be moving or have three dimension. I like this form of art because you can just have fun with it an not have to think about the meaning behind it. It does give me pretty severe headaches though so I guess maybe looking at optical illusions is better in moderation.
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