MC Escher

At the beginning of the semester, Evelyn and I heard about a special exhibition of MC Escher's work here in Madrid. We kept planning to go, but never made the time, and were very upset when we realized it had ended. However, because the exhibit was so popular it was extended by two weeks. So we of course could not let this second chance pass by and went to the exhibit last weekend. I can see why it was so popular; the art was amazing!

The line was out the door, and there were crowds in front of every work. But it was worth waiting to get my own chance to study this incredibly mind-bending work up close. Some of the incredible drawing we saw were:

Relativity


Hand with Reflecting Sphere


Ascending and Descending


Belvedere


Waterfall


And many of his Regular Division of a Plane studies
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_Division_of_the_Plane

The gallery in which the exhibit was housed was also very unique. Upon entering you descended into a completely dark, large room which was sectioned off into different periods of Escher's work. The prints and drawings were illuminated individually. And on the floor was a huge reproduction of Escher's Metamorphosis II;


This was definitely my favorite collection of art that I have seen this semester.