pettibon & escher

Here's a couple of interesting Gemini images from Gemini artists. The one on the right is by M. C. Escher. The one below comes from "The Arte of English Poesie" of 1589, an influential compendium of rhetorical and poetic techniques. The column on the left is to be read from bottom up, the  one on the right from top down. "The Arte of English Poesie" is attributed to George Puttenham about whom little is known (no birthdate, alas)  except that he had a brother. This particular, and peculiar, excerpt  appears in a selection of work by the Gemini artist Raymond Pettibon (published by Phaidon), in the "Artist's Choice" section.

The Arte of English Poesie, George Puttenham. $5

Hands of Gemini 8

 

prehistoric cave art         (photo:Chauvet-Signa)

        cartoon by Saul Steinberg (b.June 15, 1914)

Photographer Dorothea Lange (b. 25 May 1895)

RAYMOND PETTIBON (b. 26 May 1957)

M. C. Escher (b. 17 June 1898)

        I sit at my desk and scribe the endless message from myself to my own hand.   Allen Ginsberg, Planet News (b. June 3, 1926)

Albrecht Durer, 21 May 1471