id:			168514
accession number:	2010.261
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.261
updated:		2022-01-07 22:56:28.633000

Blue Bloc, 1967. Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017). Acrylic on canvas mounted to board; framed: 127 x 127 cm (50 x 50 in.); unframed: 121.9 x 121.9 cm (48 x 48 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, by Exchange 2010.261 Copyright 1967, Edwin Mieczkowski, All rights reserved

title:				Blue Bloc
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creation date:			1967
creation date earliest:		1967
creation date latest:		1967
current location:		228A Cleveland Artists
creditline:			Anonymous Gift, by Exchange
copyright:			Copyright 1967, Edwin Mieczkowski, All rights reserved

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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	acrylic on canvas mounted to board
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 127 x 127 cm (50 x 50 in.); Unframed: 121.9 x 121.9 cm (48 x 48 in.)
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	inscription:	on verso: E. Mieczkowski/ "Blue Bloc"/ Spring 1967
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* "Perceptual Inquiry I: Overlap," Anonima Gallery, New York, April 3-29, 1967<br><br>"Ed Mieczkowski: Visual Paradox: Transforming Perception, Forty Years of Op Art and Geometric Abstraction," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, April 14-May 26, 2006<br><br>"Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s," Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, February 16-June 17, 2007<br><br>"Op Out of Ohio," D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York, April 15-July 9, 2010

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
Op Art is short for optical art, which employs visual illusions.

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wall description: 
Op Art practitioner Mieczkowski created this painting in order to explore some of the perceptual effects of overlapping forms and colors. Featuring 1,316 three-quarter circular shapes in blues, greens, and yellows arrayed against a checkerboard background with gradations of gray, black, and white, Blue Bloc seems to morph in and out of focus across its surface while simultaneously pulsating from within.
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