Iconic works by Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972), including a pair of hands drawing themselves and sh morphing into birds, became well known – from museum exhibitions worldwide to 1970s college dorm rooms – and continue to mesmerize. Woodcuts, lithographs, mezzotints, and drawings delve deeper into both the literal and impossible worlds Escher created over […]
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Date(s) - 03/04/17
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Iconic works by Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972), including a pair of hands drawing themselves and sh morphing into birds, became well known – from museum exhibitions worldwide to 1970s college dorm rooms – and continue
to mesmerize. Woodcuts, lithographs, mezzotints, and drawings delve deeper into both the literal and impossible worlds Escher created over a career spanning five decades. Drawn from the collection of Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece, Reality and Illusion features early figure drawings, lesser-known book illustrations, detailed Italian landscapes, the tessellations for which Escher became famous, and examples of his signature architectural fantasies in which stairways seem to go both up and down.
M.C. Escher: Reality and Illusion Opens
Artist Gallery Talk: Illustrating Illusion à la Escher
Wisconsin artist Robin Lauersdorf discusses how the artwork of M.C. Escher continues prompting artists to aspire to enchant the eye and exercise the mind through their work, too.
Art Park Open Studio
Drop in to paint Art Nouveau- inspired designs with watercolor pencils and water- tube brushes.