The concentric squares are laid on top of each other in diminishing scale and nested together.  Despite the rigid format, the squares float freely, creating an optical illusion of another dimension.

The interaction of the colour squares becomes disorienting after long viewing, giving the illusion of the squares are moving in and out of the picture plane.  

In this sense the work prefigures Op Art, which experiments with ‘visual’ perception. His geometric abstractions have link with the Minimalist aesthetics, Albers’s “Squares” were part of an enormous series that was more concerned with the meditative potential offered by the interplay of colour, than with colour theory. 

Albers used colour as a metaphor for human relationships.  Albers wanted his work to be seen on an informal, intuitive level, not as rigid visual geometry.  Josef was a one time member of the infamous German design school, Bauhaus. 

Like Albers, Swoptic through the use of colour and laminated layers, creates ‘optical Illusions’ with interesting dimensional qualities.  Swoptic uses colour and dimensional symmetry as a metaphor that balances individual style with current fashion trends.