Planetary Folklore Participations No. 2, ‘Algorithms’ 1971

Victor Vasarely made "Planetary Folklore Participations No. 2, 'Algorithms'," using, I'm guessing, precise methods. It’s a real trip how Vasarely locks simple shapes together like a puzzle. He isn’t just painting; he’s building a system, a visual language. The surface is super flat, no juicy brushstrokes here, but this almost mechanical smoothness is part of the point. The red and blue squares and circles are like code, each one perfectly placed to create this shimmering field. I keep coming back to this weird, grey, kind of pixelated shape in the corner. It's like a glitch, a reminder that even in the most ordered systems, there's always room for error. This feels like a conversation with Josef Albers, but while Albers was all about color relationships, Vasarely’s pushing into something more about the grid, and about how we perceive information. Is it rigid? Sure. But it also opens up a space for endless interpretations, which is what keeps me hooked.