M C Escher Exhibition - National Gallery of Victoria - Dec 2 2018

[gary]

The National Gallery of Victoria will exhibit 158 works by Dutch artist
M C Escher starting December 2nd 2018.

Originally Posted by Lindy Percival, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Nov 2018

The exhibition pairs Escher's rarely seen early drawings with his most famous prints, all drawn from the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, which holds the world's largest collection of the artist's work. It includes his most startling constructions, including Day and Night (1938), in which fields morph into birds and daylight turns to darkness across mirrored towns; his remarkable self-portrait, Hand with reflecting Sphere (1935); and his structurally inventive final work, Snakes, completed three years before his death in 1972 at the age of 73.

Story here :-
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...16-h17yxg.html


In his 1979 book, "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", Douglas
Hofstadter creates a narrative that draws parallels between the works of the
three, including references to drawings such as Escher's "Drawing Hands"
which form what Hofstadter refers to as "strange loops", a concept which
is encapsulated in Gödel's incompleteness theorems, which themselves
in one of the greatest and most mind boggling discoveries of all time,
mathematically prove that not all things are provable.

MIT "Godel Escher Bach" Lectures :-
https://youtu.be/lWZ2Bz0tS-s

[xelasnave]

My favorite artist.
Alex

[xelasnave]

I discovered him or rather told about him when a friend saw a drawing I made of one hand drawing another☺ he said you got that from Escher...I had no idea who he was but it was funny we had a similar idea.
Anyways a few days later I was presented with a book of his works..I loved it but I lost it in the fires.
Alex

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

I discovered him or rather told about him when a friend saw a drawing I made of one hand drawing another☺ he said you got that from Escher...I had no idea who he was but it was funny we had a similar idea.

Huh! I did exactly the same thing, I drew my hand and then added another copy drawing the first, I was pretty proud of it at the time .... and then some time (years?) later I saw Eschers!....I guess the idea is not that profound

Be a great exhibition to see, hope it comes to Canberra

Mike

[gary]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I drew my hand ...

Ce n'est pas une main

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Huh! I did exactly the same thing, I drew my hand and then added another copy drawing the first, I was pretty proud of it at the time .... and then some time (years?) later I saw Eschers!....I guess the idea is not that profound

Be a great exhibition to see, hope it comes to Canberra

Mike

Of course its profound just look at the clever folk who thought enough to do it☺


Alex