Hatos II 1957 - 1962

Victor Vasarely created "Hatos II" with paint on canvas. It's easy to see it as a bunch of colourful cubes stacked up, but I bet if we were to ask Vasarely, he'd say it was way more complicated. I can imagine him standing in front of the canvas, brush in hand, thinking about how to make the painting vibrate, how to trick your eye into seeing something that isn't really there. The painting isn't just about colour and shapes; it's about how those things interact to create an experience. I bet he was influenced by the Bauhaus movement in Germany, which was all about bringing art, design, and technology together. Like Josef Albers, who explored the way colours change our perception. It's a kind of seeing that blurs the line between order and chaos, and it’s still exciting.