The Many Worlds of M.C. Escher offers a range of perspectives on Escher’s work through a series of talks and a guided tour. Discover new ways of looking at the ideas, imagery, and imagination behind one of the twentieth century’s most distinctive artists.
The art of M.C. Escher draws deeply on mathematical ideas. Many of Escher’s prints can be understood as a single instance selected from a vast space of possibilities. What happens when one walks around in that space? Objects begin to move, shapes change, and colors shift. Join Dr. Jürgen Richter-Gebert, Professor for Geometry and Visualization at Technical University Munich, for a tour of the interactive installations created for the exhibition Mathematics and the Art of M.C. Escher, and for an exploration of the mathematical ideas and mysteries that lie beneath them. Along the way, we’ll examine several of Escher’s artistic choices, revealing why the artist settled on one particular instance out of a cosmos of possibilities.