OP ART
17 February – 20 May 2007  
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Catalogue “Op Art” at www.schirn.de

fig.: STRUKTUR ROT-GRÜN. ZDENĔK SYKÓRA, 1964. Oil on canvas 220 x 140 cm. Museum Folkwang Essen

“A historical look back offers a wider view of an art that developed a whole universe from the given possibilities of perception although it cannot be reduced to this aspect. The story Op art tells is one about looking as a transgression, about the eye as an active organ granting an extension of cognition, about leaving traditional visual aesthetics behind, and about a world that cannot really be grasped through one’s eyes in its multi-dimensional character. This can hardly be considered an insignificant heritage for today’s visual culture.” Martina Weinhart, curator of the exhibition. next>>>