Richard Anuszkiewicz

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Richard Anuszkiewicz (pronounced Aah-nuss-KAY-vitch) was one of the founders of the Op Art movement during the late 1960s and 70s. Op Art is characterized by the use of formal elements like line and contrasting colors to create illusory compositions. These abstract artworks often move or vibrate optically. Anuszkiewicz is interested in the effects of complimentary colors as they are applied in patterns within the same geometric shape. His experiments with color were originally inspired by the color theorist Josef Albers, with whom Anuszkiewicz studied during the early 1950s.  

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Richard Anuszkiewicz, Blue Tinted Star, 1991, Lithograph/serigraph, Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection 1993.10, Graphicstudio Subscription Purchase through Kent Harrison Memorial Acquisition Fund.

Connie Arismendi

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Connie Arismendi is a nationally recognized sculptor and installation artist living and working in Austin, TX. She is known for innovative public art projects, from large-scale architectural installations to freestanding sculptures that combine a wide variety of materials.

She received a BFA from The University of Texas and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her artwork is shaped by the profound emotional and intellectual concepts of family, memory, and spirituality.

Alice Aycock

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American sculptor, installation artist and printmaker whose constructions illuminate imagined or metaphysical ideas by describing them in a technical and architectural way.

Alice Aycock, How to Catch and Manufacture Ghosts, 1981, Photo-etching and watercolor (XVII/XXX), Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection 2002.21.1, Gift of Norma Canelas and William D. Roth.