Renowned Dutch graphic artist MC Escher, known for his woodcuts, lithographs and halftones (mezzotints), tend to represent impossible constructions, regular plane filling, explorations of infinity and metamorphoses – intersecting geometric patterns that gradually transform into completely different forms – is the subject of a special exhibition in Melbourne.
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Between Two Worlds , at the National Gallery of Victoria, and designed by Oki Sato's Japanese firm Nendo. The exhibition features 157 prints and drawings by Escher, made between 1916 and 1969, taken from the artist's largest collection of works, at the Gemeentemuseum (Municipal Museum) in The Hague.
Birds, fish and other animals, frequently found in Escher's work, are used to explain the concepts behind the exhibition and as a 3D navigation tool. The exhibition is organized thematically rather than chronologically, across nine display areas. , each designed to provide a suitable setting for the specific works.
An 11-piece collection of objects that began as paper
mockups (
a model or representation of an object or product in its natural size or scale) have evolved into a group of objects that will join the gallery's permanent collection.
