Now You See it Now You Don’t – The Art of Visual Deception

Speaker: Bertie Pearce

There is a universal delight in being deceived and in this lecture, Bertie Pearce takes his audience on a whistle stop tour of art which fools, surprises and amuses the viewer. Beginning and ending with the Belgian surrealist, René Magritte, it encompasses Trompe L’eoil, Banksy, Bridget Riley, Arcimboldo and Escher to name a few. Hold on to your seats and get ready to be visually fried