Past Exhibitions

Stereoscopics
Ludwig Wilding: 1965-Now
January 11 through February 2, 2008
Reception: Friday, January 11, 6-9pm

Press Release (PDF)

NAB Gallery is pleased to present Stereoscopics, a selection of works by Ludwig Wilding from 1965 to the present. Twenty-seven works from Wildings major retrospective exhibition at the Museum fir Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt, Germany will be on display. Wilding is widely known for his moiré drawings and stereoscopic images, hard-edge geometric abstractions which exploit various phenomena of human sight. Says Nicholas J. Wade of the University of Dundee, "Wilding's art is not confined to stereo interference patterns, nor to two-dimensional moiré patterns: he examines the perception of space utilizing a wide variety of phenomena, including spatial illusions, anamorphous, perspective paradoxes, fractals, moving moirés and apparent motion."

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Wilding has created an influential body of work that has been exhibited in many prominent international exhibitions. Though he dislikes the term Op-Art, Wilding was included in The Responsive Eye, the first large international exhibition of op at MoMA in 1965. This year Wilding took part in two major op-art exhibitions-a large retrospective at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, and an exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle gallery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Also in 2007, retrospective exhibition of Wilding's work entitled Visuelle PhŠnomene (Visual Phenomena) was held the Museum fŸr Konkrete Kunst (Museum of Concrete Art) in Ingolstadt, Germany.