Felice Varini and The Denial of Perspective

Further to the earlier post on the optical illusions webpage is this post on a modern op-artist, Felice Varini who creates seemingly flat planes in three dimensions. Varini's art essentially does the opposite of what Renaissance artists sought to achieve in understanding perspective -- the creation the illusion of three dimensions on a flat plane. As can be seen in The Denial of Perspective, when the viewer is at the right angle, her artwork coalesces into a floating flat plane.

Another example is from her website, which has her works listed in a chronological index, a work from 2000 called "Ellipse orange, évidées par 7 disques":



When seen outside of the proper point of view, you realize that there is no object that exists in that plane, only clevery painted surfaces that come together at the right point:



Her webpage also offers some interesting unrealized projects.