Victor Vasarely. Hommage - LAb[au]

VASARELY. Hommage

exhibition at:
Musée d'Ixelles
Rue Jean Van Volsem 71
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

opening: 16.10.2013
exhibition: 17.10.2013 - 19.01.2014

curator: Serge Lemoine

featured works by LAb[au]:
m0za1que 4x4x4, kinetic light art installation
origamiSquare 6x6x4, kinetic artwork
origamiHelix 21x3 RGB, kinetic artwork

for the exhibition catalogue a 24 pages monographic insert of LAb[au] is released
including the essai:
tribute to Vasarely, the text is available in eng, fr, nl

about the exhibition:

A key fgure in optical art, or "Op Art", Victor Vasarely featured in the artworld of the second half of the 20th century with his prolifc geometric abstracts. A true master of composition by combining, ftting and assembling, Vasarely interchanged colours, shapes and visually dazzling geometric systems. An accomplished artist committed to a total art vision. Through this collection of abstract

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paintings from all over Europe, the mesmerizing world of Victor Vasarely offers striking optical effects.

Under the curatorship of Serge Lemoine, the exhibition is a unique tribute to this great artist, revealing the talent of a great painter of singularly fruitful and radically modern works ? now and forever.

Within the exhibition Vasarely:

LAb[au] is an artist-trio constituted of Manuel Abendroth, Els Vermang and Jérôme Decock. Their work displays the themes of colour, light, form and motion and is characterized by concepts and systems. LAb[au]'s experimental and innovative art practice focuses on fundamental research on contemporality in art while questioning nowadays materials, tools and methods. LAb[au]'s feature outlines Vasarely's heritage by confronting the patterns emerging from physical and optical motion.