Axo-Fon 1973

Victor Vasarely made this painting, Axo-Fon, with cool blues and warm pinks that bounce off each other, creating this checkerboard cube within a cube. You can almost feel Vasarely's hand carefully plotting out each square. Imagine the artist, maybe listening to some groovy tunes, meticulously filling in each of those little squares, going cross-eyed in the process. There's something so satisfying about the precision, yet it's also kind of trippy how it messes with your eyes. It's not just a painting; it's a visual puzzle that keeps you guessing. The hard edge painting recalls the geometric experiments of early abstraction like Mondrian and Albers, but with a twist, creating an optical illusion. Paintings like this remind us that artists are always talking to each other across time, riffing on ideas, pushing boundaries, and inviting us to see the world in new and unexpected ways. It leaves you wondering how many different ways there are to mess with perception using paint and color.