Editing Richard Anuszkiewicz (section)

== Style ==
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Anuszkiewicz was concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric configurations. Most of his work comprises visual investigations of formal structural and color effects, many of them nested square forms similar to the work of his mentor [[Josef Albers]]. In his series, "Homage to the Square", Albers experimented with juxtapositions of color, and Anuszkiewicz developed these concepts further. Anuszkiewicz continued to produce works in the Op Art style over the subsequent decades of his career.

In 1963, Anuszkiewicz summarized his approach to painting as: "My work is of an experimental nature and has centered on an investigation into the effects of complementary colors of full intensity when juxtaposed and the optical changes that occur as a result, and a study of the dynamic effect of the whole under changing conditions of light, and the effect of light on color."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_3442_300190151.pdf |title=Americans, 1963 |page=6 |year=1963 |editor=Dorothy C. Miller |publisher=Museum of Modern Art}}</ref>