Neptune, from Eight Impressions 1970

Victor Vasarely made this print, "Neptune", as part of a series called "Eight Impressions." The way Vasarely meticulously arranges these colorful circles, quartered like little pies, gives the whole image a pulsating, almost three-dimensional effect. I’m drawn to the texture of the background. It’s got this subtle, grainy quality, which makes the smooth, glossy circles pop even more. It’s almost like looking through a screen or a layer of static. Check out the way the colours shift across the surface, from those cool blues and purples to the warmer reds and greens. It's like the whole thing is breathing. It’s a testament to how surface and colour can trick the eye and mess with our sense of space. Vasarely reminds me a bit of Bridget Riley, in the way he plays with perception. But where Riley's work feels more fluid and organic, Vasarely's has this hard-edged, almost digital quality to it. Both, though, tap into the idea that art doesn’t have to be about representation. It can be about pure sensation, about making you feel something in your gut without having to tell you a story.