Art movement is described as a style, a
tendency or a way of doing art which spans over a period of time, practiced by
a group of artists. Art movement shares the same artistic style, ideals,
timeframe and technical approach. There
are various art movements in the world that are distinctly or subtly different
from each other. The
artists associated with particular movement may cohere to specific guiding
principles. Some art movements show similarities as they
were influenced by another art movement whereas some have little in common with other
movements. There is no fixed theory or rule determining what forms an art
movement.
It is interesting to
study the differences between art movements. The art movement which
attracts me the most is Op Art.
Op Art,
short for ‘Optical Art’, is a method of painting which concerns creating optical
illusions based on effects of colors, shapes, lines or patterns.
Op Artists play with the perception of the
viewers by subverting the relationships between picture plane and dynamic colors,
shifting tones and ambiguous shapes. It was popular in United States and Europe in
1960s and 1970s. It was greeted with a certain degree of skepticism by the
critics. Op Art is also a form of Abstract Art and it is closely connected to
the Kinetic and Constructivist Art movements.
I
like Op Art because it gives me a feeling of magic. When we look at Op Art
works, the images are definitely static and flat, but they generate an illusion
of movement with conscious tricks that
create unstable picture surfaces. They give us an impression of flashing,
vibrating, swelling, warping or waving on the Op Art images. I still remember
when I first saw an Op Art work, I was amazed and like “hey, the picture is
moving!!”
Source
"Rings rotating"
"Rings rotating"
"There are waves!"
"Wondering why you keep seeing black dots?"
One more art movement I like is
Land Art, which we also call Earth Art. Land Art is an art movement with
landscapes and art works are inextricably linked. I like Land Art because it is
created in the nature. Land Art artists use natural materials such as rock,
soil, water, leaves and so on to create art works.
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