Curated Group
Math + Art
Curated by UMMA Curators
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Group Details:
How Shapes Become Art
Abstract and representational geometric art, using the works of Ikko Tanaka & Victor Vasarely.
- size, orientation, color
- working on a grid
- using variations of same shape
- combining shapes to make other shapes
- rotation
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1995
Ikko Tanaka
offset print on paper
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1972
Josef Albers; Sirocco Screenprinters; Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; Ives - Sillman Inc.
screenprint on paper