Ondocto-fa 1972

Victor Vasarely made this dazzling pattern, Ondocto-fa, using blocks of colour to trick your eye. The colors are laid down flat, but the way Vasarely paints them, those shapes seem to ripple like waves in a pond. Up close, you can see how crisp those edges are, how each color is clearly defined. He’s not blending or smudging; it’s all about that precise placement. It's like he's not just painting, but constructing a whole new visual language. Look at how the red diamonds jump out against that blue. Your brain struggles to make sense of this, it feels like these shapes are both flat and three-dimensional at the same time. Vasarely’s playing with perception, and I'm reminded of Josef Albers, another colour obsessive. Both artists prove that painting isn’t just about what you see, but how you see it. It's about the endless possibilities that emerge when you start pushing the boundaries of colour and form.