Patrick Rubinstein
Inventor of Kinetic Op Art
Kinetic Op Art
A work of art is emotion…
… and emotion is what touches our deepest self, our memory.
Bi Love, 2022 — Kinetic Dooble
The artist
Patrick Rubinstein is a French contemporary artist. He is the inventor of the Kinetic Op Art movement.
He belongs to the Op Art and kinetic art movements, combining the technical principles of the optical arts with the theme of figuration in art. The success of this concept often overshadows the diversity of his work, which ranges from colourful figuration to geometric and poetic abstraction.
The origins
Born in Paris in 1960, he grew up in a family with a deep interest in art. His mother passed on her passion for cinema, and his father an inventive mind: it was his father who first introduced him to the techniques of kinetic art.
Recognition
His work is shown in numerous galleries around the world and in museums such as POPA (Porrentruy Optical Art, Switzerland), the Maurice and Paul Marciano Foundation in Los Angeles and the Copelouzos Art Museum in Athens.
03 — Triple
Three images,
a gaze in motion
The “Triple” process consists of three images, one central and two lateral. The side views are created by strips inserted perpendicular to the central image. They offer two distinct images, on either side at 45°.
Ciel brouillé, 2020
02 — Dooble
A double image
that reveals itself
From the front, these creations present a double image, with the two photographs overlapping. Seen from different angles, the illusion is striking: only one of the two images appears. And so the three-dimensional “Dooble” concept was born.
01 — Cut, paste, fold
The creation of
Kinetic Op Art
His process is based on an assemblage of strips on a pyramidal support. He cuts two images into strips, attaches them to a pyramidal structure and then folds them accordion-style to create works in relief.
Love monumental · 2023
A 54 m²
kinetic explosion
Love monumental · 2023
The artist returns to his favourite theme, the word “LOVE”, which he turns into a monumental work by creating a giant kinetic puzzle.
“Love Monumental” is conceived as a three-image painting, in which every element fits together to form an impressive overall work.
Exception series
Gold,
the great
protagonist
Gold holds a special place at the heart of the artist’s explorations. Carrying a strong symbolic charge, it is the main protagonist of his work.
The yellow metal sublimates his paintings, bringing exceptional luminosity and a new kinetic dimension by creating new optical effects. Thanks to the gold leaf, the perception of the works changes with the intensity of the light, its variation and its direction.
“If you fold a photo evenly along parallel lines, you get an interesting visual effect depending on whether you look at it from the right, the front or the left.”
Patrick Rubinstein
Experimentations
Projects
Kinetic art
The collection
A restless explorer of form and movement, the artist takes us on a remarkable visual journey.
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Dalí Paris · Jeux d’optique
“The painting comes to life as the visitor moves, becoming part of the work.”
Connaissance des arts
In a perpetual quest for exploration, the artist constantly experiments with shapes, colours, materials and movement, even pushing his boundaries as far as sculpture.
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