Escher Two Chameleons Analysis

During my visit to the Memorial Art Gallery, they were and still are showing M. C. Escher: Reality and Illusion along with other exhibitions. Many of his artworks seemed to correspond to the topics discussed in class. There were several artworks that stopped my eyes. Out of those artworks, Stars created in 1948 is a wood engraving portraying two chameleons in a hollow octahedron 3-compound with other similar, smaller figures colored in yellow, blue, and pink in the solid black background. Escher described as, “Single, double and triple regular bodies float like stars through space. In the midst of them is a system of three regular octahedrons indicated by their edges only. Two chameleons have been chosen as denizens of this framework because they are able to cling by their legs and tails to the beams of their cage at it swirls through space.”
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This may emphasize the incompleteness of the idea of the “strange new place.” We have the basis, but we haven’t reached the full, exact shape of the idea. Through its hollowness, the chameleons can see the different stars to compare with. By floating around in space, the chameleons are able to use their camouflage abilities to imitate the star they desire to live in. Their grasps on the frame of the star-figure show how humans are retaining reality. While keeping hold of themselves, one of the chameleon’s tongue extending into space may emphasize that human imagination is boundless. Also, it may suggest that we are still in search of the “strange new place” and since chameleons can change their colors, it may imply that humans are adjusting to fit into the appropriate form of the “strange new place” humans are advancing towards to with or without our realization. Returning to the endless state of the space, it shows that our process is continuous, and there are infinite possibilities of colors we can turn ourselves