David Fernández Huerta,
art director on Monument Valley 2
| Artist | Olga Rozanova |
| Date | 1916 |
| Genre & Style | Abstract - Suprematism |
| Country | Russia |
Olga Rozanova was a member of many of the most important art groupings and movements in early-20th century Russia, while the development of her work across the 1910s represents in microcosm the evolution of the Russian avant-garde over the same period. In this sense, she is significant as an exemplary artist of her era, but in many ways, Rozanova was also an exceptional figure: not just as one of few women attached to movements such as Cubo-Futurism and Suprematism, but in bringing her individual theories of spiritual energy and color interaction to bear on those movements, resulting in a unique and emotionally dynamic body of work. Had she not died of diphtheria in 1918 at the age of just 32, she might well be placed alongside Kazimir Malevich as one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract painting.
“This is a record that I have at home. I wasn’t looking at this while making it, but it was in the back of my mind. These are things we all carry with us.”
- David Fernández Huerta,
art director on Monument Valley 2
| Artist | Neal Boenzi |
| Date | 1966 |
| Country | New York City |
| Artist | E. C. Escher |
| Date | 1961 |
| Genre & Style | Capriccio - Surrealism |
| Country | The Netherlands |
Waterfall is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in October 1961. It shows a perpetual motion machine where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run downhill along the water path before reaching the top of the waterfall.
While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions to create an illusion of depth, Escher here and elsewhere uses conflicting proportions to create a visual paradox. The watercourse supplying the waterfall (its aqueduct or leat) has the structure of two Penrose triangles.
“We drew a lot of inspiration from other artists and art history, like Bauhaus posters and Brutalist architecture.”
- David Fernández Huerta,
art director on Monument Valley 2
| Architect | Denys Lasdun |
| Date | 1976 |
| Style | Brutalism |