The apocalypse (Revelation)
No. 194, 1977
(Extra-mathematical associations in mathematical images)
India ink and pencil on paper, 48 x 69 cm.
Wild horses charge through this bizarre scene, amid chaos and wreckage, in a world consumed by tumult and confusion. In a sense, this image is really a geometric fantasy prompted by powerful biblical descriptions of the Apocalypse. Figures are strewn about in various stages of transformation. Objects—a radio, a teapot, a chessboard— have been cast around in the clutter. Even some mathematical ideas come into play, such as notions of infinity. Deformations of human figures call forth the idea of homotopy and homeomorphisms. Even the clouds in the sky recall fractal images.
