Maurits Cornelis Escher, better known as M.C. Escher, is another amazing artist who likes to play with the mind and logic and the impossible. M.C. Escher is well known for his “impossible structures.” He portrays a world where the laws of gravity are in some words, bended. He studied architecture for a time but ultimately dropped out and decided to become an artist. One of his well-known works, “Relativity,” will be shown in the exhibition. “Relativity,” depicts many featureless faced people walking similarly up and down stairs. However, these stairs and small outdoor areas all have different perspectives
4. The viewer ultimately has no way of knowing, which is the “right” way because there probably isn’t one. Escher used these techniques and this style in many of his other works. Throughout the piece you can see the movement of the people and how they are moving along the scenery without hesitation of walking through the impossible world. The artwork is black and white and has many shadows portraying light and dark. It can be seen as sunlight or artificial light within the building, because of the “impossible world,” seen in this piece the viewer does not know the light source or whether the scenery is outdoors or indoors
4. The people walking do not have many features and are all almost identical except for in their movements. Each person is moving independently along the scenery, moving about. Escher has a way of playing tricks on the viewers mind and playing with the motion and architecture of his subject matter.
