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Paintings with a Retinal Buzz

by Stephen Maine October 12, 2019October 11, 2019

In Relative Brightness the canvas transforms into a rippling, luminous field of ever-shifting optical sensations.

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Anoka Faruqee’s Dance of Matter and Light

by John Yau April 2, 2017March 31, 2017

For an artist known for her flawless alignments (or deliberate misalignments) of overlapping wave patterns to achieve a memorable optical effect, the inclusion of “bruises” seems a bold and unexpected move.

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The Pursuit of Art, 2015

by Thomas Micchelli December 26, 2015June 1, 2020

2015 was the Year of the Whitney.

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Confounding the Eye: “Breaking Pattern” at Minus Space

by Thomas Micchelli March 28, 2015March 31, 2015

Optical painting has been making its presence felt lately, with its 21st-century manifestation swapping the psychedelia and illusionism of its Sixties progenitor, Op Art, for an emphasis on process, systems and formal interrogation.

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