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M. C. ESCHER EXHIBITION

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        Whilst many of these prints are familiar, the exhibition also has some exhibits inspired by  Escher. He became  hugely popular among the counterculture, influencing psychedelic artists, designers and musicians.      Pink Floyd's  Ummagumma  album cover is a particularly good example. It uses Escher-like recursion - the same image appearing within itself - and it feels very much in the spirit of Escher's fascination with infinity and self-reference. Whether or not the designers were consciously referencing a specific Escher work, the connection is unmistakable.      There is absolutely no debate about Escher's influence on Mott the Hoople's 1969 debut album cover, as it is a colourised reproduction of his 1943 lithograph Reptiles , for which Escher is credited.      Before Mott the Hoople used Reptiles , Mick Jagger wrote to M. C. Escher asking whether he would create, or allow the use of, artwor...

TUBE TREASURE TROVE (H)

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  TUBE TREASURE TROVE (H)      This is an A–Z of London’s most interesting Underground stations. In an age where we are often looking down at our phones, Tube Treasure Trove is an invitation to look up and discover the architecture, history and oddities hiding in plain sight - on what might otherwise be a mundane journey, perhaps one made many times before. Preface (short version) :       London's Metropolitan line was the world’s first underground. Opening in 1863, i t was a 3.5-mile Victorian steam railway with seven stations running from Paddington to Farringdon.        More than 160 years later, the network has grown into a living museum of architecture, engineering and graphic design. Today the Underground carries around four million passengers on a typical weekday across 272 stations. The Visionaries Frank Pick – The d esign visionary of London's transport system from 1908 until his retirement in 1940, Pick shaped the identi...

KINGSTON UPON THAMES STREET ART

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                        Roo                                                                       Roo Mr Cenz                    Abraham.O                                                                       Irony             Irony                                                                   Fur Real  Gnasher   ...