Op Tiles

Optical Art
The rigid
Euclidian
geometry
in art is
getted over
by
soft
sinuous lines
of…asymmetrical
images of
spheres cones
rectangles
triangles
cylinders
With a gentle breeze
a capricious eccentricity
a snap whim
a poetic inspiration
are spreading among the net

of the connective tissue and
they upset the system

of Aracne’s web
With crazy nets
of lyric fantasy
the sand-glass
is turned over
changing time in
eternity

From L'Iperuranio by Gianni Latronico - 16th Part

This “visual poetry” summarizes the concepts that are the basis for the artistic current named Optical Art or Op Art: art in movement.

The essence of abstract perceptive art is the creation of kinetic mental unreal experiences generated through artifices ably constructed, getting form Gestaltpsychologie’ s studies: perceptive conflicts, discrepancies and ambivalences capture the Op Art receiver’s eye who receives visual stresses that shot the cones and the rods of the retina.

Can you see the grey spots where the dark lines intersect?

Can you see the grey spots where the white lines intersect?

Do the two white circles have different sizes? Measure them and see for yourself.

Thanks to the “Gestalt principle of ambiguity”, the viewer is provoked in order that, corresponding to author’s intentions, it becomes a work construction process partner. The visual is decomposed scanned into modules and with optical illusions the static shapes acquires life and mobility with the complicity of the viewer’s look.

We rediscover these optical effects matching decors and motives of ceramic tile’s to the works of great Op Art exponents.

Collection NeoPop by Settecento

Bridget Riley, Untitled; Victor Vasarely, Vega-II (1957-59); Bridget Riley, Untitled
Bridget Riley, Metamorphosis; Loss; Pause

Collection F 1 Design by Settecento

Bridget Riley, Movement in Squares

Collection Lily by Cerdomus

Bridget Riley, Intake ; Victor Vasarely, Sebras

Collection Wave by Cerdomus

Bridget Riley, Arrest 1; Coloured Greys; Drift n. 2

Collection Steelwork di Ceramica Fioranese (Decoro Target)

Kenneth Noland's choosed works: Untitled, Blue Extend; Mysteries: Solar; Circle.