If you’re not an art connoisseur or expert, it may be difficult to find your attention sustained by exhibits in which you are snobbishly instructed to direct your attention to a painter’s detailed efforts to realistically depict sunlight bouncing off of a derelict piece of furniture in a dusty corner. Similarly, unless struck by the emotional gravity of having looked at the right piece, at the right time with the right clearness of mind at a modern artist’s masterful interpretation of colorful shapes, you may find yourself instead pondering where the nearest and nicest lunch spot you would be and if you’ve boggled at enough exhibits to justify the ticket price. When it comes to boggling pieces, however, you may find the work of Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)  much to your liking. Currently present at the Vancouver Art Gallery, to be exhibited until April 5^th in 2021, Vasarely’s works of optical art will be available for said boggling. The Hungarian-French artist is internationally applauded for his work with colorful shapes, abstract patterns, eye stimulating optical illusions, and creating works that are simply fun. Playful matrixes of constructed patterns fool the eye into perceiving movement and vibration, drawing the mind into each piece by provoking the imagination into play. Vasarely has always maintained an ambition in his work to share the joys of optical art with the widest possible audience, and this ambition is well ingrained into each shape within a geometric circus such as OERVENG, which prolonged gaze induces the observer to fall into the piece as one might a wormhole into another dimension. Vasarely intended for everyone to find a way into an appreciation of art, and his work inspires the imaginative to find joy within the bounds of each mesmerism. Truly worth the boggle.