WBHS_School_Magazine_1966 LR 01
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'OP' ART<br />
The current exhibition at the National Gallery entitled<br />
"Art of the Space Age" has aroused considerable<br />
interest amongst old and young alike.<br />
Part of the fascination derived from the exhibition<br />
is due to the fact that the exhibits move, either physically,<br />
or optically, through the way in which the shapes<br />
have been cleverly arranged so as to create the illusion<br />
of movement as you change your vantage point.<br />
Those viewers who seek some relationship between<br />
these exhibits and that definition of art which demands<br />
of it that it concern itself with the representation of<br />
naural appearances, will be disappointed. This definition<br />
bears no relationship to those concepts of art<br />
which have motivated the creation of these exhibits at<br />
the National Gallery. It would take too long to trace<br />
those developments in 20th century art which bave led<br />
up to 'Op', but if any sceptical visitor to this exhibition<br />
wiU regard the works as being mainly inspired by the<br />
tremendous scientific and technological strides of this<br />
century, and the fascination that this scientific development<br />
holds for tbe artist, and if he views them in this<br />
context, he will appreciate them more fully.<br />
The following experiments in 'Op' art were made by<br />
Wynberg boys in Std. VI after they had been shown<br />
some reproductions of work on the "Art of the Space<br />
Age" exhibition.<br />
I. SCHMAMAN.<br />
W. DAWSON, 6d.<br />
56<br />
P. WEIR, 6c.
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