PARADOXES—IN WHICH THE SAME information may lead to two contradictory conclusions—give us pleasure and torment at the same time. ... we feel compelled to study the nature of visual paradoxes.

Mokha Laget’s Visual Paradoxes Her paintings suggest exploded-view diagrams of parts that don’t fit together, as if the shapes are derived from a pleasantly illogical Jenga puzzle.

Convergence, Rebecca Rutstein’s exhibit on view at the John Hartell Gallery in Sibley Dome, is full of visual paradoxes that play with the eye, mind and soul. One glance into the gallery space ...

Some artists in the 20th century (notably M.C. Escher) were fascinated by visual paradoxes. Where next? Discover more about this topic from Bitesize. Shape, space and measures.

My recent article in Art & Perception uses works of art to demonstrate that visual perception – and representations of the visual world – involve mind-stretching paradoxes and logical problems.

Walter B. Pitkin, Some Neglected Paradoxes of Visual Space. I, The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, Vol. 6, No. 22 (Oct. 28, 1909), pp. 601-608 Free online reading for over 10 ...

PARADOXES—in which the same information may lead to two contradictory conclusions—give us pleasure and torment at the same time. ... we feel compelled to study the nature of visual paradoxes.