Monica Maat

As part of the 2011 studio route, the optical work "Trigonaal" was exhibited in the arts center De Kubus in Lelystad. This work was first designed on graph paper and then put on canvas and painted. Including the time needed to design, this work took 8 months to complete. The boxes are "painted" twice. The clean lines are placed on the canvas with a drawing pen. If you look at one point in the work for a longer period of time without blinking, you can see optical effects. The  cross shape in the work e.g. "deforms" more into a diamond. Perception is manipulated.