Op Art (also known as Optical Art) is a form of non-objective, non-representational, abstract art. It is very precise and exact, highly thought out and meticulously executed, there is no element of chance. Op Art is often rooted in mathematics, using geometric forms as building blocks, including lines and frequently based on a grid organization. The movement was most active during the early 1960s to the early 1970s. The Op Art geometric shapes and compositions are characte

Color Theory, in art and design, refers to a set of principles and guidelines for working with color that includes pure colors (hues), their values, mixing and the perceptual effects of color. A complex topic with many different theories and the earliest color wheel from Sir Issac Newton. Most of the impact on Post War contemporary art is that derived from theorists and educators such as Johannes Itten (1888-1967) and his and publication of The Art of Color; Hans Hofmann (188

Geometric Abstraction is an area of abstract art where the nonobjective compositions are comprised of geometric shapes and forms, including squares, cubes, rectangles, lines, circles, spheres, etc. that can be floating and not grounded or in highly structured and rigorous compositions. The roots of using geometric shapes and forms in artwork date back to ancient times and virtually every culture. However, in regards to the influence on modern and contemporary art, the art for

Hard edge painting includes paintings in which individual colors have clear and distinct boundaries that separate the colors from one another. There is no physical blending of the colors, each color area is a single color. Hard edge painting can be observed in Geometric Abstraction, Op Art, Color Field painting and Post Painterly abstraction. Artists who practice hard edge painting: Richard Anuszkiewicz Ernst Benkert Mark Dagley Peter Demos Thomas Downing Gabriele Evertz Dean

MOKHA LAGET In Shape, In Color September 8 through October 7, 2017 Opening reception: Friday, September 8 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM Artist Talk: Mokha Laget with ArtBeat Santa Fe's Kathryn M Davis Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC 1570 Pacheco Street, Suite A1 | Santa Fe, NM 87505 P: (505) 983-9555 www.DavidRichardGallery.com Mokha Laget, Catwalk, 2017, Flashe on shaped canvas, 48 x 112 x 2" Mokha Laget In Her First Solo Exhibition with

The seminal 1965 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, The Responsive Eye, provided many viewers with their first exposure to what would become to be called ‘Op Art.’ The scale of the show brought to the fore an international gathering of artists who, individually and collectively, were exploring new theories of visual perception. Perhaps ‘new’ is not quite the word as many of these concepts were born in the 19th century by a diverse group of theorists ranging from Johan

Christian Haub, Float for Gilberto Perez, 2015, Cast acrylic sheet, 24" x 24" x 2.5" David Richard Gallery presents, An Exhibition of Contemporary Artworks Pushing Visual Perception’s Limits With New Materials and Approaches October 2 - November 21, 2015 Opening Reception: Friday, October 2nd 5:00-7:00 PM Gallery talk: Saturday, October 3rd 2:00-3:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC Railyard Arts District 544 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555 |

Rakuko Naito, RN1468-64, 1964, Acrylic and metallic acrylic on linen, 68" x 68" Op Infinitum: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After May 29 - July 6, 2015 Opening reception with the curators: Friday, May 29, 5:00 - 7:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC Railyard Arts District 544 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555 | f 505-983-1284 www.DavidRichardGallery.com David Richard Gallery Presents “Op Infinitum: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After”, Fe

Click here to view catalog THE RESPONSIVE OTHER EYE: OPTICAL ABSTRACTION IN AND OUT OF MOMA By Peter Frank “The Responsive Eye,” the New York Museum of Modern Art’s controversial 1965 survey of a new kind of “optical” abstraction, was not the instigator, or even definer, of this abstraction, but merely its critical and popular apotheosis. I say “merely” because the MOMA exhibition – a result of several years of research and travel by curator William C. Seitz – served neither

Click here to view catalog OP SPRINGS ETERNAL: “THE RESPONSIVE EYE” FIFTY YEARS ON By Peter Frank Exactly half a century ago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York — the fount of authority for contemporary American art (and, it was supposed in America, for art around the world) — mounted a large survey of art designed to stimulate the eye of the beholder simply and directly, without reliance on extra-visual content. Here, the exhibition proclaimed, was a kind of art, practiced

Tadasky, C143, 1965, Acrylic on canvas, 47 x 47 " Post-Op: 'The Responsive Eye' Fifty Years After February 25 - April 12, 2015 Opening reception with the curators: Friday, February 27, 5:00 - 7:00 PM Gallery talk: Saturday, February 28, 2:00 - 3:00 PM with Peter Frank, David Eichholtz, and artist Tom Martinelli David Richard Gallery, LLC Railyard Arts District 544 South Guadalupe Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555 www.DavidRichardGallery.com David Richard G

Variations: Evolution of The Artist's Media 1986 - 2012 Click here to view catalog Visionary Geometry: The Sculpture of Richard Anuskiewicz by John Yau I. In 1955, Richard Anuszkiewicz earned his M.F.A. from Yale University, where he had gone to study with Josef Albers. The title of his master’s thesis was A Study in the Creation of Space with Line Drawing. Fifteen years later, in 1970, the artist described his thesis in an interview: It was on how to create space with line

Translumina Blue Tinted Red, 1991, Acrylic On Wood Construction, 24" x 24" RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ Variations: Evolution of The Artist's Media 1986 - 2012 May 10 - June 15, 2013 Opening Reception: Friday, May 17, 5:00—7:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC Railyard Arts District 544 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555 | f 505-983-1284 www.DavidRichardGallery.com Richard Anuszkiewicz: Three Dimensional Wall Reliefs and Sculptures from 1986-2012 Presen