Vasarely

This exhibition catalogue marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Victor Vasarely, providing an overview of an oeuvre that set in motion one of the most far-reaching revolutions in twentieth-century visual thinking. Vasarely’s artwork played a defining role in the emergence of geometrical abstraction and Op art, and continues to inform attitudes to visual culture to this day.The exhibition traces Vasarely’s principal creative periods in chronological order, from his early, figurative experiments, through the pure systems of geometrical abstraction, to the meticulous visual structuring of optical phenomena. The exhibition draws primarily on the Budapest collection established by the artist, which is the biggest and most comprehensive public collection of Vasarely’s work in the world. It also features outstanding works from the Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence, in addition, works from the Vasarely Museum in Pécs and from private collections.