" M.C. ESCHER: SEEING THE UNSEEN" AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
This entry is a little off-track from my usual jewelry discussions, however, I do want to mention a fabulous art exhibition soon closing at The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. This small gem of a museum heroically organized "M.C. Escher: Seeing the Unseen."
I took my art school student son to see the work, but the show was also a trip back in time for me. I also majored in fine art, in the 1970s, at a time when Escher was extremely popular and commercialized in the United States. His work, which I viewed in books, are in person much larger in scale and more nuanced. Obsessively, meticulously detailed, they are mainly black and white, and include woodcuts, linoleum cuts, lithographs, pen and ink, preliminary sketches, and original wood blocks. My favorites were the lithographs for their sparkling shades of grays. On display are also some of Escher's tools and props.
The Dutch artist Escher is perhaps best known for his mind-bending tesselations and graphics where space turns on a dime. There are so many works to see in this exhibition that you will really have an opportunity to trace his growth.
The show closes on May 22, so hurry! D.H.)
This entry is a little off-track from my usual jewelry discussions, however, I do want to mention a fabulous art exhibition soon closing at The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. This small gem of a museum heroically organized "M.C. Escher: Seeing the Unseen."
I took my art school student son to see the work, but the show was also a trip back in time for me. I also majored in fine art, in the 1970s, at a time when Escher was extremely popular and commercialized in the United States. His work, which I viewed in books, are in person much larger in scale and more nuanced. Obsessively, meticulously detailed, they are mainly black and white, and include woodcuts, linoleum cuts, lithographs, pen and ink, preliminary sketches, and original wood blocks. My favorites were the lithographs for their sparkling shades of grays. On display are also some of Escher's tools and props.
The Dutch artist Escher is perhaps best known for his mind-bending tesselations and graphics where space turns on a dime. There are so many works to see in this exhibition that you will really have an opportunity to trace his growth.
The show closes on May 22, so hurry! D.H.)
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