Styles & Movements

Op Art

Op Art, also known as retinal art or perceptual abstraction, shares its bright colors with Pop Art, but in fact is a very different movement, depending largely on the way color and shape could create various illusions when combined in precise ways. Artist Josef Albers, who taught courses on color theory at the Bauhaus in the twenties, is commonly thought of as the father of Op Art. Artists associated with the movement include Richard Anuszkiewiwcz and Larry Poons (in his early work).