The History
The 1960s saw a radical convergence in pop culture phenomenon that swept through the UK. London especially, was greeted with new music, film, fashion and social change and for the first time in history, young people had other options than to dress up like their parents, in junior versions of adult clothing. The sixties saw the young generation making modern, sharp, sophisticated and minimalist fashion that they wanted to wear and hence the ‘Mod look’ (modernist) was born.
The Movement
Op art uses a complex arrangement of monochrome or coloured geometric shapes in a contrasting, staggered or overlapping manner to create a variety of patterns which give the impression of visual disorder and sensation of movement. Optically distorted
The 1960s saw a radical convergence in pop culture phenomenon that swept through the UK. London especially, was greeted with new music, film, fashion and social change and for the first time in history, young people had other options than to dress up like their parents, in junior versions of adult clothing. The sixties saw the young generation making modern, sharp, sophisticated and minimalist fashion that they wanted to wear and hence the ‘Mod look’ (modernist) was born.
The Movement
Op art uses a complex arrangement of monochrome or coloured geometric shapes in a contrasting, staggered or overlapping manner to create a variety of patterns which give the impression of visual disorder and sensation of movement. Optically distorted