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POPSHungarian French Artist Victor Vasarely Museum Under Threat of Closure Unique architecture suffering from neglect A petition has been set up to ask the French government to step in and save the landmark building from total decline Vasarely was born in Hungary in 1906 and died in Paris in 1997. During his lifetime, his works were honoured with a number of awards including the Guggenheim prize, the French Legion of Honor, the art critics prize at Brussels and the gold medal at the Milan triennale Vasarely’s identity in the art world was based on his experimentations with optical illusion and the use of line, colour toning and size variation Permanent exhibition faces closure Vasarely began a degree in medicine in Budapest before abandoning his studies to pursue his passion for art. He went on to design the official spiral-shaped logo of the Munich Olympic games
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POPSAN ILLUSION device that makes one object look like another To make a cup look like a spoon, for example, light first strikes the cup and is distorted. It then passes through a complementary metamaterial which cancels out the distortions to make the cup seem invisible. The light then moves into a region of the metamaterial that creates a distortion as if a spoon were present. The result is that an observer looking at the cup through the metamaterial would see a spoon
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POPSamazing 3D murals painted on the sides of buildings The incredibly lifelike scenes are actually huge works of art, painted on the side of perfectly intact buildings... The paintings, which have fooled many, were created by John Pugh, who specialises in trompe l'oeil - or 'trick of the eye' - art.
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POPSBlue Bean Circles Optical Illusions such as this are used to test the level of stress a person can handle. The slower the pictures move, the better your ability of handling stress. Alleged criminals that were tested see them spinning around madly; however, senior citizens and kids see them standing still. By the way, the image is not animated; all the dots are perfectly still.
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POPSSpinning Girl Optical Illusion A practical point... the slower the spinning, the better your chance to see this illusion. One more tip: try focusing on the left edge of the picture, then slowly pan your eyes to the right. Looking at the dancer's feet may help her turn anti-clockwise. Concentrating on the shadow may help to switch directions. History of the Spinning Dancer Illusion The spinning dancer illusion was born out of a Yale university project to test for 'Left Brain' or 'Right Brain' dominance. The study was started by Roger Sperry who was investigating epilepsy and left / right brain neural connections. Left Brain Functions Perhaps speech is the most important left brain function. This left side also processes maths and logic. Right Brain Functions The right brain is the locus for spatial awareness, imagination, fantasy also risk taking.
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