The Right Angles: A celebration of colour and form

Mondrian’s contribution to the trajectory of Modern art was monumental. The legendary Josef Albers was particularly influenced by the artist, creating a significant body of work titled ‘Homage to the Square’. Began in the 1950s, this series consumed the artist for 25 years and was inspired by Mondrian’s own obsession with the many formal possibilities of a square.

Through exploring geometry within art, major artists were able to investigate an infinite range of visual effects.

In 1965, Josef Albers exhibited alongside Bridget Riley, Frank Stella and Victor Vasarely in one of Modern art's most important exhibitions, 'The Responsive Eye'. The exhibition occured at the height of the Op Art movement, a period in which artists engaged with how vision functions through their vibrant, geometric compositions. Creating dynamic optical illusions, artists such as Albers, Riley, Stella and Vasarely sought to confront visual perception, encouraging a different way of seeing. 

Leading Modern pioneers have inspired generations of artists to explore geometry as a vital means of engaging with visual, aesthetic, and human experience. Era-defining and revolutionary artworks by significant household names can be viewed as part of 'The Right Angles' - it is a visual spectacle that cannot be missed!