“Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static” opens at Harvard Art Museums on Saturday from pieces the artist’s estate gifted recently to the museum.
Andrade is an icon in the op art movement, which focused on manipulating geometric patterns to create optical illusions and play with human perception.
The exhibition highlights Andrade’s process through the lens of drawing, which was core to her practice and thinking. Andrade was part of “Form Forum,” a salon-style group in Philadelphia that met to discuss mathematics, architecture, design, art and philosophy.
- Claire Ogden