1/24/2024 0 Comments Between two worlds![]() ![]() Both sides of the bench as well as its front and back are inverted and mirrored to fully render the concept of Escher’s early career. ![]() In a closer look it becomes apparent that on one side of the bench the houses are sliding out, while on the other side, the negative shapes of the house are shifting outwards and by so revealing the houses left behind. To express the idea of Escher’s formative years and the process of finding his style as an artist, knee-high house shapes gradually emerge out of the rectangular bench. The first gallery of the exhibition shows Escher’s early and less familiar works executed in the beginning of his career.Ī long white bench placed in the middle of a seemingly modest gallery space allows visitors to linger in front of the detailed prints. Like the evolution of an idea, the small sparks gradually construct lines, which then become surfaces that eventually create the shape of the house motif. Similar to sand in an hourglass, clouds of small particles flow in space, forming shapes and leading the visitors into the first gallery. The floor of the 17 meter long corridor at the entrance of the exhibition was illuminated with a floor-projected animation. To further highlight the graphic quality of the exhibition, only black, white and grey were used as colors, accentuating important details with lights, shadows and reflections. Therefore the space was designed as a site-specific immersive experience, maintaining a strong two-dimensional appearance expressed in three-dimensional installations and objects. The fact that Escher investigated three-dimensional expressions and ideas in two-dimensional techniques, has encouraged the exhibition design to explore the opposite. The museum’s original structure of 4 main galleries was carefully divided into 10 spaces that vary in scale and atmosphere to create one continuous labyrinth-like experience.įish, birds, and other characters frequently appearing in Escher’s works as guides to communicate his complex ideas, have inspired the decision to choose a three-dimensional motif to navigate people throughout the exhibition.īorn from the idea to design a “home for Escher” and considered as a symbol of space, the simple shape of a house was chosen to convey the concepts of the exhibition. It was settled to tell the story of the exhibition, rather than chronologically, in a manner that expresses Escher’s thematic interests and techniques, therefore reflecting the artist’s ideas and point of view.Įach category is displayed in a separate gallery space, dedicated and designed to fit the content it inhabits. This collaborative exhibition follows the previous Andy Warhol x Ai Weiwei collaboration held at the museum in 2015.Īt First, the curatorial division of Escher’s work into categories was carefully discussed with the NGV team. The project was commissioned by NGV and executed with the full support and cooperation of Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the M.C. The exhibition featured 157 of Escher’s works, renowned for his use of optical illusions executed with a seemingly mathematical approach, together with space and objects created by nendo and inspired by Escher’s works. Escher (1898-1972) and nendo held for four months at the National Gallery of Victoria(NGV) in Melbourne, Australia. A collaborative exhibition between Dutch graphic artist M.C.
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