to-realism was to destroy completely what was once abstract or expressionist art. By doing this, there was the possibility of turning art a completely new directiontowards a non-abstractionist future. Op ArtThe Op (Optical) Art movement was a very short movement taking place after Pop art, from 1964 until 1967. Op Art began with the desire to involve a correlation between seeing and understanding . The birth of Op Art came along when an article in Time Magazine in 1964 called a new art movement, where artists focus on eye manipulation, Op Art. The artists of the movement such as Bridget Riley (see appendix I) thought that their movement was one based on the eye and that the eye was the most important tool for observing and understanding art. One of the major goals of Op Art was to trick the brain and the eyeto make them interpret information differently. Like all other optical illusions, the Op artists would create images that did not really exist by using line and contrasting color. In Bridget Rileys Current, when one walks towards or away from the picture, it appears to move. Op art went beyond Pop Art to create a manufactured look by eliminating paint and brushes completely and using machines instead. These artists wanted to show how a seemingly empty and meaningless picture could still capture the emotions of the viewer. Op art has represented an exploration to understanding how man uses his eyes to interpret and absorb information . What makes Op Art stand out as an important movement is that it made art into something that uses understanding as much as seeing. With Op Art, art became an experience. MinimalismMinimalism was another short movement taking place in the late 1960s, primarily in sculpture. This movement received the most criticism from the public because no one understood how rows of rectangles or interlocking cubes were truly art. Yet, even though other artists thought their art should have some aesthetics, the Minima...
