Last time, thanks to Taschen publishing house, I got to know M.C. Escher’s artworks. Drawings of the famous Dutch graphical artist are amazingly inspiring.
His efforts to present a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface are a feast for the mind and eye. One of the most astonishing facts about M.C. Escher is that he was not a mathematician. Nevertheless, his works of art were an object of genuine interest from mathematicians worldwide.
Also, I compared M.C. Escher’s drawings and lithographs to my photographic activity.
Walking the same streets of Warsaw, but at different times of the year and in different directions, is like discovering M.C. Escher’s sketches. Every time I go out to take photographs or analyze the artworks of the famous Dutch master, I am re-discovering all these things once again.
Artworks with impossible objects or with an exploration of infinity, made by the famous Dutch master, each time can be interpreted in different ways or even viewed from a different perspective.
“How it is to analyze artwork from a different perspective?” – undoubtedly, you would ask, my Dear Friend.
For example, it is watching M.C. Escher’s lithographs and mezzotints upside down! For example, look at one of his most famous works, “Relativity.” Every time I see it, I wonder how it could present such an impossible and unbelievable structure on a two-dimensional surface! Or, when I go out to take photographs, and I see, e.g., Woronicza street in Warsaw for n-times again, I still wonder how it is possible to make subsequent good photographs in the same area!
To summarize, I encourage you, my Dear Friend, to get to know M.C. Escher’s artworks. I am convinced that you will not regret it. I genuinely recommend you buy or loan Taschen’s book “The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher” And take photos of your surroundings. I believe that, surprisingly, you will discover new dimensions in your closest neighborhood.
