Diuru 1976

This is Victor Vasarely’s ‘Diuru’, and it’s like stepping into a math textbook where all the equations decided to throw a party. Vasarely was all about this idea of the artwork as a kind of visual algorithm, a set of rules or parameters that generated forms. Look at how each square is carefully placed, subtly shifting in color and size, to create this illusion of a sphere pushing out from the canvas. It’s almost like he’s saying, “Hey, perception is just a game, and I’m holding the controller.” I’m struck by the way the colors vibrate against each other, that almost-black grid holding the whole thing together. He reminds me a little of Bridget Riley. There’s this shared interest in how abstraction can mess with our eyes, but where Riley’s work feels organic, Vasarely is all about geometry and hard edges. Both use colour to make the eye dance across the canvas. It's a great reminder that art is always a conversation.