METAVASARELY

METAVASARELY Casey Reas

The colors and forms in METAVASARELY are inspired by multiple sources, including Victor Vasarely's Kalota (1963) and Folk-Lor (1973) artworks, as well as a selection from the artist's Planetary Folklore series, which covers a range of techniques including color/contrast/vibration, color gradients, and a wide color spectra within a single work.

Explore Vasarely's "plastic alphabet," and design your own patterns. Click on the shapes and background colors within the grid to make changes.

The interface buttons and key commands are:
(C)olor-form
(G)rid resolution
(R)andomize
(S)ave image

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Sarah Rosalena, Exit VAR!, 2022, © Sarah Rosalena, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, photo credit: Ian Byars-Gamber

Sarah Rosalena: Standard Candle May 20–June 18, 2023 | Saturdays and Sundays, 1–5 pm | Mount Wilson Observatory April 12, 2023 Casey Reas, Work-in-progress image from An Empty Room. Courtesy of the artist

Casey Reas, Work-in-progress image from An Empty Room. Courtesy of the artist

Casey Reas: METAVASARELY and An Empty Room February 8, 2023 METAVASARELY Image

METAVASARELY Casey Reas February 8, 2023 Haleigh Nickerson, Sojourner Notes Scan, © Haleigh Nickerson, photo courtesy of the artist

Sojourner’s Rovers Haleigh Nickerson January 1, 2023 Patty Chang and David Kelley, Stray Dog Hydrophobia, 2023, © Patty Chang and David Kelley, photo courtesy of the artists

Patty Chang and David Kelley, Stray Dog Hydrophobia, 2023, © Patty Chang and David Kelley, photo courtesy of the artists

Stray Dog Hydrophobia Patty Chang and David Kelley January 1, 2023 Gala Porras-Kim, 615 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021, © Gala Porras-Kim, photo: Paul Salveson

Gala Porras-Kim, 615 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021, © Gala Porras-Kim, photo: Paul Salveson

Expansive Data Fields Gala Porras-Kim January 1, 2023 Tristan Duke, Ice Lenses mounted in Fixtures with Ice Lens Molds, 2022, © Tristan Duke, photo courtesy of the artist

Tristan Duke, Ice Lenses mounted in Fixtures with Ice Lens Molds, 2022, © Tristan Duke, photo courtesy of the artist

Cold Cutting Edge Tristan Duke January 1, 2023 Art + Tech Lab 2023 Request for Proposals

2023 Request for Proposals December 13, 2022 Lauren Lee McCarthy, I Heard Talking Is Dangerous, 2020, credit: Kat Kaye

Drive-Thru Lauren Lee McCarthy January 11, 2022 Daniel R. Small, California City suburban grid layout, Image: Steven Heuer, Copyright Techne

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