Victor Vasarely, an emblem for the kinetic and op art movements, was an artist with a global vision, which pushed him to imagine a city that integrated art with architecture. In the 60s, these sorts of reflections on the city of tomorrow, in the same vein as Corbusier or Oscar Niemeyer, were genuine questions which today may seem a little utopist but which continue to raise relevant issues. Vasarely wanted to reunite all creative disciplines in order to create the Polychromatic City of Happiness, similar to the Bauhaus model, which became a reality with the inauguration of the Vasarely Foundation, a research center with the aim of

V is For Victor

The Vasarely Foundation is an integral part of Aix-en-Provence’s cultural landscape. This year it celebrates its 40th anniversary as an officially recognized nonprofit organization, providing an excuse to visit its exhibition dedicated to three local photographers…

By Caroline Taret - Photos Fondation Vasarely - October 21, 2011

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reintegrating color into the urban arena and of positioning art as a vector for better living in cities.

A visit to the Fondation Vasarely is an occasion to dive into the principles of this French painter, originally from Hungary, thanks to the 44 monumental works that make up the permanent collection. But it’s especially the discovery of an artistic approach which stretches from the little to the big, from the pixel to the fresco, from graphic design to abstraction, from black-and-white to color…a progressive and coherent technique from an artist who knew how to push his art into another dimension.

Fondation Vasarely

Exhibition Phot’AIX OFF 2011 – from October 18 to November 5

1 avenue Marcel Pagnol 13090 Aix en Provence

www.fondationvasarely.fr