Op Art in Focus

The main players of the 1960s Op art movement, including Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely, are featured in an exhibition at Tate Liverpool. 

Hypnotic works by more contemporary artists are also on show, among them Angela Bulloch and Jim Lambie, whose installation of psychedelic patterning, Zobop, is featured.

Op art – short for optical art – emerged in the 1960s. Its leading figures included Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely. They combined lines, geometric shapes and eye popping colour to create artworks that fool the eye. 

Images could be subtle or disorientating, giving the illusion of movement. Op art in Focus is a part of Tate Liverpool’s in Focus series – displays of the Tate collection dedicated to significant modern and contemporary artists or movements.

16 JUN TO 21 JUL

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool - United Kingdom