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Edwin Mieczkowski

Edwin Mieczkowski (1929 - 2017) was active/lived in Ohio, California.  Edwin Mieczkowski is known for Geometric abstract painting, op art.

Edwin Mieczkowski, born in Pittsburgh, was a leader of geometric and perceptual abstraction during the latter part of the 20th century.  Mieczkowski's work first came to prominence  in "The Responsive Eye" exhibition, the nation's first major exhibition of perceptual art, held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965.

Mieczkowski was also featured in the 1964 article in Time magazine that first used the term "Op Art" to describe paintings that manipulated visual cues in order to reorder and excite viewers' perceptual responses.

With a complex aesthetic that over time has transcended mere tricks of optical art, Mieczkowski has spent nearly four decades producing geometrically paintings, drawings and sculptures, a genre of modern art that is known broadly as perceptual abstraction.

His output of static and dynamic forms create a body of work, still largely intact, that uses visually disorienting, meticulously arranged lines, dazzling kaleid   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7755 characters.]  Artist bio

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