In these things lies the idea of ​​endless movement, they seem to be alive. It seems that a ripple has run across the surface, the design is twisted in a whirlwind, or confetti is pouring from somewhere. In fact, this is an illusion: the surface is flat, there is no movement. It is just that the human eye perceives a certain combination of similar forms and repetitive colors.

Such famously twisted trompe l'oeil began to do in the 1960s by the French artist Victor Vazareli. He called them a new phenomenon in art and invented his name — op-art. Opinions of contemporaries were divided: some were delighted with them, others were horrified. Among the latter, for example, was, oddly enough, Marcel Duchamp, who loved provocations himself. Most likely, it was from envy: the kinetic, as the artist called them, the work of Vasarely enjoyed extraordinary popularity. True, some visitors to his exhibitions were dizzy, but blamed it on admiration.

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