Exhibition

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Special Exhibition

120th Anniversary of His Birth: Eight Keys to Unlock the Mysteries of the Imaginative Printmaker at the Israel Museum's Miracle Escher Exhibition

Event overview

Dates: 2019/4/12(Fri.)～2019/6/16(Sun.)

Closed Days: ※Monday, April 15th, Monday, April 22nd, Tuesday, May 7th, Monday, May 13th, Monday, May 20th, Monday, May 27th, Tuesday, June 4th, Monday, June 10th *The museum will be open on the first Monday of the month and on public holidays that fall on Mondays, and

Opening hours: 9:40～18:00（入場時間：17:30まで）

Price


Admission fee	Same-day tickets	Advance tickets
General	1,400yen	1,200yen
High school and college students	900yen	700yen
Elementary and junior high school students	600yen	400yen

*Groups (20 or more) can enter on the day at the advance ticket price.
*Those aged 65 and over can get a 100 yen discount off the general admission price on the day. (Please show proof of age.)
*Free for those with a disability certificate and one caregiver.
*The ticket stub for this exhibition can also be used to view the collection exhibition.

Maurits Cornelius Escher (1898-1972) is one of the leading printmakers of the 20th century, and is popular worldwide for his fascinating works, mainly so-called "trompe l'oeil" works. Born in the Netherlands, Escher studied printmaking at the School of Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. In his early years, he was fascinated by the cityscapes and architecture of Italy and Spain, and used them as subject matter in his work. From 1925 to 1938, he was based in Rome. The mosaic patterns of the Alhambra Palace in Spain had a major influence on Escher's unique style. In 1938, he released one of his masterpieces, Day and Night. After that, he released a series of masterpieces on themes such as "plane filling," which covers the screen with repeating patterns, and the intersection of two and three dimensions. This exhibition will be the first in Japan to display about 150 selected works from his early to late works, which are owned by the Israel Museum, which boasts one of the world's largest collections of Escher's works. Please enjoy this exhibition of Escher's highly original works, in which he analyzed the extraordinary phenomena that our human eyes reveal, and continued to create new and mysterious worlds with his insatiable spirit of inquiry.

Organizers: Israel Museum, Miracle Escher Ehime Exhibition Executive Committee (Ehime Prefecture, Television Ehime)

Co-organizers: Ehime Shimbun

Supporters: Embassy of Israel, Matsuyama City, Matsuyama City Board of Education, Ehime Prefecture Municipal Board of Education Association, Ehime Prefecture Education Association, Ehime Prefecture Education Research Council, Ehime Prefecture Elementary and Junior High School Principals Association, Ehime Prefecture PTA Association, Ehime Art Association, Ehime Art Education Federation, Kawahara Gakuen School Corporation, Matsuyama Business College School Corporation, Matsuyama Tourism and Convention Association, Dogo Onsen Ryokan Association, JR Shikoku, Iyotetsu Group, Nankai Broadcasting, Ai Television, Ehime Asahi Television, Ehime CATV, FM Ehime, Ehime Living Newspaper

Special sponsors: Minerva Law Office, Daiichi Gas

Sponsors: Nozaki Printing and Paper Co., Ltd.

Cooperation: Blue Dragon Art Company, Nippon Express

Planning and production: Sankei Shimbun, Fuji Television Network

Advance ticket sales booth

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Related Programs

Commemorative Lecture: "The fantastic printmaker Escher: Evaluation and reception of his work"

Date and time: Saturday, April 27th, 14:00-15:30
Venue: Auditorium
Lecturer: Kumazawa Hiroshi (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts Museum / Exhibition curator)
Capacity: 120 people (first come, first served)
*No application required. Exhibition ticket required.

Workshop "Try your hand at Escher!"

You will experience Escher's mysterious world by making unique repeating patterns.
Date and time: Sunday, May 5th
(1) 13:30-14:30 (2) 15:30-16:30
Date and time: Monday, May 6th (National Holiday)
(1) 11:00-12:00 (2) 13:00-14:00
Location: Entrance hall of the new building
Instructor: Yoshiaki Araki (Representative of the Japan Tessellation Design Association/Mathematician)
Target audience: 30 pairs of elementary school students and their parents/guardians per session (60 people)
* First come, first served on the day. An exhibition ticket is required.

Floor lecture by a curator

Date and time: Saturday, April 20th, Saturday, May 11th
14:00-15:00 each
Location: Special Exhibition Room
Lecturer: Museum curator
*No registration required. Exhibition ticket required.

Saturday Lecture: "The Birth and Appeal of the Escher World"

Date and time: Saturday, May 18th, 14:00-15:00
Location: Auditorium
Instructor: Museum curator
*No registration required. Free.

Lecture: "Escher Patterns, Infinite Universe, Mathematics of Beauty"

Date and time: Saturday, June 1st, 14:00-15:00
Location: Auditorium
Lecturer: Hisamatsu Yoji (Curator and Section Chief, Ehime Prefectural Museum of Nature and Science)
*No registration required.