Tate Liverpool: Op Art in Focus

Tate Liverpool: Op Art in Focus

When

21.7.18 - 2.6.19    
All Day

Where

Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB, Liverpool

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OP ART IN FOCUS
16 JULY 2018 – 16 JUNE 2019

A dazzling display from pioneering artists of the 1960s to today

Op art – short for optical art – emerged in the 1960s. Its leading figures included Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely. They combined lines, geometric shapes and eye popping colour to create artworks that fool the eye. Images could be subtle or disorientating, giving the illusion of movement. The display moves beyond the typical period of op art and includes works by more contemporary artists such as Angela Bulloch and Cerith Wyn Evans. Included is a rare installation of Jim Lambie’s Zobop which floods the entire gallery floor with psychedelic patterning.

Op art in Focus is a part of Tate Liverpool’s in Focus series – displays of the Tate collection dedicated to significant modern and contemporary artists or movements.