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Sunday, 23rd October 2005 by James Turnbull
The colourful tiled roof Hexa Grace is the artistic creation of Victor Vasarely, who is famed as the father of Op-Art. (Close-up photo.)
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Wow, that’s rather pretty looking from up here… makes you wonder if GoogleMaps got the colors right.
What is “Op-Art”? And does anyone know of any ground-level shots of this building?
Ground level shot of Hexa Grace:
http://www.pbase.com/kersti/image/45815825/
Op-Art is “a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions.”
Cool – you can trace out the track they use for the Monte Carlo Grand Prix
Checkout also the really cool freeway/motorway that runs out from the city – the engineers obviously had a minimum number of bridges and tunnels to build in order to break some record!
I am pretty damn sure i suggested that about 1/2 to a year ago
Sorry Rob, Your submission was “This is the Centre de congrès auditorium in beautiful and expensive Monaco” which I thought was talking about a different building.
Thanks to you too.
Ground level shot of Hexa Grace is changed. New url: http://www.ourworldtravels.com/eurotrip/monaco-monte-carlo/gallery/hexa-grace-monte-carlo