Sunday, January 27, 2019

"Escher x nendo: Between Two Worlds" (NGV International)

It was always going to be enjoyable to see a whole bunch of Escher prints (including linocuts, woodcuts and lithographs) and drawings at once but what made this exhibition particularly enjoyable was the installation and design by nendo, with its repeated black and white motif of the house throughout.


"Castrovalva, Abruzzi" (1930) - I liked a lot of the landscapes from around this period, many exaggerating perspective in ways that only became apparent with time

"Still Life with Mirror" (1934) - the famous optical illusion and impossible drawings were all here, but the charm of this one was the match of the most well-known others

"Three Spheres II" (1946)

"Reptiles" (1943) - it's nice he also has a playful side

Not pictured but intriguing: the early geometric abstraction of "Clouds above the coast" (1919-20).

(w/ R)