Optical Illusions

Painting, Slip Side 2, Wilma Tabacco

Slip Side 2

Wilma Tabacco

Painting - 56 x 76 x 6 cm

$3,614

Print, Pop Panda, Patrick Rubinstein

Pop Panda

Patrick Rubinstein

Print - 69 x 69 x 3 cm

$6,606

Sculpture, Batman Steel, S2Bart

Batman Steel

S2Bart

Sculpture - 25 x 21 x 20 cm

$1,581

Painting, Monica, Gavin Rain

Monica

Gavin Rain

Painting - 170 x 140 x 8 cm

$25,409

Painting, Tout va bien dans le meilleur des mondes, Patrick  Dumas

Tout va bien dans le meilleur des mondes

Patrick Dumas

Painting - 175 x 220 x 5 cm

$5,647

Painting, Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan springs dreaming), Grace Butcher Napangardi

Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan springs dreaming)

Grace Butcher Napangardi

Painting - 40 x 40 cm

$565

Painting, Ngurlu Jukurrpa (Native seed dreaming), Nardia Stafford Napurrurla

Ngurlu Jukurrpa (Native seed dreaming)

Nardia Stafford Napurrurla

Painting - 40 x 40 cm

$565

Print, Amazing Tomato, N.Nathan

Amazing Tomato

N.Nathan

Print - 100 x 100 x 1 cm

$7,340

Painting, Transgression, AC 5

Transgression

AC 5

Painting - 115.5 x 88.5 x 2 cm

$2,484

Print, Integration System P01 FP377YYF, Felipe Pantone

Integration System P01 FP377YYF

Felipe Pantone

Print - 64 x 64 cm

$2,259

Painting, Rectangle angulaire, Jean-Paul Jacquet

Rectangle angulaire

Jean-Paul Jacquet

Painting - 70 x 120 x 5 cm

$4,291

Print, 2 trames de tirets-positif, François Morellet

2 trames de tirets-positif

François Morellet

Print - 62 x 62 cm

$1,694

Painting, RefletX14, Sylvie Guyomard

RefletX14

Sylvie Guyomard

Painting - 46 x 46 x 0.2 cm

$847

Painting, The light of the night, Eric Robin

The light of the night

Eric Robin

Painting - 130 x 130 x 5 cm

$11,067

Painting, Box 25.04, Eric Robin

Box 25.04

Eric Robin

Painting - 24 x 24 x 3 cm

$395

Print, Modicum Blue, Jarmila Kostliva

Modicum Blue

Jarmila Kostliva

Print - 62 x 46 x 0.2 cm

$550

Painting, Folding U2R, Cristina Ghetti

Folding U2R

Cristina Ghetti

Painting - 80 x 80 x 5.1 cm

$7,150

Painting, Blue Sysmo, Cristina Ghetti

Blue Sysmo

Cristina Ghetti

Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm

$9,360

Painting, Mouvement perpétuel, Piero Cipolat

Mouvement perpétuel

Piero Cipolat

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm

$5,041

Painting, Vibration circulaire, Piero Cipolat

Vibration circulaire

Piero Cipolat

Painting - 120 x 120 x 6 cm

$5,534

Print, Spiral Curves, Dadodu

Spiral Curves

Dadodu

Print - 80 x 80 x 0.2 cm

$508

Painting, Infiltration XV, Kamila Gruszecka

Infiltration XV

Kamila Gruszecka

Painting - 85 x 60 x 3 cm

$1,016

Painting, Danger 150, The Catman

Danger 150

The Catman

Painting - 150 x 150 x 3.5 cm

$2,484

Print, Surface Couleur, Julio Le Parc

Surface Couleur

Julio Le Parc

Print - 30 x 30 cm

$2,936

Painting, Mesmerizing dreams, Daniela Pasqualini

Mesmerizing dreams

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm

$9,200

Photography, 96. Christ de Loudun, Bernard Pras

96. Christ de Loudun

Bernard Pras

Photography - 106 x 80 x 3 cm

$5,647

Painting, Life Under Bridge 2, Segun Phillips

Life Under Bridge 2

Segun Phillips

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm

$4,000

Sculpture, N°112 - série sculpture murale, Vincent Poyen

N°112 - série sculpture murale

Vincent Poyen

Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm

$4,608

Painting, Pancake, Akiza

Pancake

Akiza

Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm

$226

Painting, Bo-Peep, Akiza

Bo-Peep

Akiza

Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm

$226

Photography, Hong Kong Jour #33, Didier Fournet

Hong Kong Jour #33

Didier Fournet

Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm

$6,381

Painting, Jardin Sphérique, Florence Boré

Jardin Sphérique

Florence Boré

Painting - 36.5 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm

$2,823

Design, Optical show Blue_01, Tatiana Lebedev

Optical show Blue_01

Tatiana Lebedev

Design - 25 x 20 x 5 cm

$2,710

Painting, Star bright, Michael Grine

Star bright

Michael Grine

Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 1.9 cm

$300

Painting, Slit, Michael Grine

Slit

Michael Grine

Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm

$300

Sculpture, Torsion d'albâtre N°3, Edith BK

Torsion d'albâtre N°3

Edith BK

Sculpture - 130 x 25 x 15 cm

$12,422

Print, White 1, Victor Rodriguez

White 1

Victor Rodriguez

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$1,355

Print, La Femme Zèbre, Salam

La Femme Zèbre

Salam

Print - 40 x 30 x 3 cm

$508

Print, La Femme Spirale, Salam

La Femme Spirale

Salam

Print - 50 x 60 x 3 cm

$666

Optical Illusions

Oh mirage, mirage! Isn't it fascinating how the mind can play tricks on us? We see the world through our precious eyes yet... in their own way. It can be easy to forget that our brains are only reconstructing a reality. But between the real and the imagined, are we always sure that we are leaning in the right direction? Doubt sets in, and illusion is created. Artists love to appropriate these optical illusions that play tricks on our intelligence. Doubt therefore becomes the centrepiece. Incomprehension of the situation drives our logical minds to construct a reassuring and coherent image.

Let's take a short trip back in time to understand the origins of optical illusions. During the age of Antiquity, architectural mastery attests to the knowledge of optical illusions in everyday life. The Parthenon's slightly curved construction lines corrected a natural optical effect with the result of appearing perfectly straight. This technical awareness allowed humans to appropriate spaces, play with depths and modify reality… While leaving the playing field open for artists to use at their leisure!

So illusions of impossible forms then came into existence. So much so that intelligence surrenders itself to the incomprehensibility of the different parts of the drawing or painting with which it is confronted. These impossible forms appeal to the paradoxical perspective, much exploited by Maurits Escher. His work centered around objects born of numbers and mathematical formulas such as the Penrose Staircase, an infinite staircase.

Here we have the meeting of art and mathematics. The infinite shapes of geometry allowed for the creation of works whose visual instability and movement throw the brain off balance. Hence the emergence of Op Art or Kinetic Art, based on the aesthetics of movement. Victor Vasarely, Alexander Calder and even Wojciech Fangor created paintings, sculptures and drawings in the image of the changing and unstable world. The placement of colour is essential here. For Carlos Cruz Diez, colour is a reality in its own right that affects humans, their moods and their perception of the world.

Accessible to a large audience due to their spectacular nature, optical illusions are social artworks. Following an experimental approach, artists offer the public experimental works whose admiration creates an environment conducive to play and reflection. Thus optical illusions have called into question the very function and status of a work of art. They have animated previously plain walls, opened up new dimensions and hypnotised any audience that observes them.

Their originality will please the youngest as well as the wisest among us. There is no doubt that optical illusions will animate your interior. Choose your colours according to your mood and travel into art's most psychedelic universe!

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