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Dec 9, 2010
Blue Bloc
Blue Bloc
1967
Edwin Mieczkowski
(American, 1929–2017)
Acrylic on canvas mounted to board
Framed: 127 x 127 cm (50 x 50 in.); Unframed: 121.9 x 121.9 cm (48 x 48 in.)
Anonymous Gift, by Exchange 2010.261
© 1967, Edwin Mieczkowski, All rights reserved
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Op Art is short for optical art, which employs visual illusions.
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Op Art practitioner Mieczkowski created this painting in order to explore some of the perceptual effects of overlapping forms and colors. Featuring 1,316 three-quarter circular shapes in blues, greens, and yellows arrayed against a checkerboard background with gradations of gray, black, and white, Blue Bloc seems to morph in and out of focus across its surface while simultaneously pulsating from within.
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