Victor Vasarely at Centre Pompidou

Victor Vasarely: The Sharing of Forms, the first major retrospective in France dedicated to Vasarely, is on view at Centre Pompidou until May 2019. Through three hundred works, objects and documents, the exhibition explores the world of Vasarely and showcases all the facets of the prolific creation of the father of optic art, presenting every aspect of his work from paintings, sculptures, multiples and architectural integrations to advertisements and early studies. The curators Michael Gauthier and Arnauld Pierre expressed as part of their show presentation: This exhibition reveals Vasarely's 'software', which holds a dual dimension. As the heir of the historical avant-gardists of the early half of the 20th century, in particular Bauhaus, Victor Vasarely launched into a radical undertaking to secularize art. In other words, he was committed to defining ways of designing and producing, which would enable widespread social distribution of art. At the same time, and this is the other major aspect of his work, Vasarely developed forms which caught the eye to a further degree than abstract painting in general and thus marked history as the inventor of kinetic art. The exhibition invites you to discover each of these aspects and how they are linked. The exhibition was organized by the Centre Pompidou, Paris in collaboration with the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.