The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Map as Art This volume by Harmon, author of the bestselling book "You Are Here," extends that book's celebration of mapmaking to the world of artists' maps. Harmon collects 360 colorful, map-related artistic visions by well-known artists.
Full description- Publisher: PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
- Published: 31 October 2010
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Art Treatments & Subjects | Graphic Design
- ISBN 13: 9781568989723 ISBN 10: 1568989725
- Sales rank: 37,503
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As seen in O: The Oprah Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Cool Hunting, and countless other media outlets, The Map as Art is available now in a paperback edition. This volume by Katharine Harmon, author of our best-selling book You Are Here, extends that book's celebration of mapmaking to the world of artists' maps.It is little surprise that in an era of globalized politics, culture, and ecology contemporary artists are drawn to mapsto express their visions. Using paint, salt, souvenir tea towels, or their own bodies, map artists explore a world free ofgeographical constraints. In The Map as Art, Harmon collects 360 colorful, map-related artistic visions by well-known artists--such as Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Olafur Eliasson, William Kentridge, and Vik Muniz--and many more less-familiar artists for whom maps are the inspiration for creating art. Essays by Gayle Clemans bring an in-depth look into the artists' maps of Joyce Kozloff, Landon Mackenzie, Ingrid Calame, Guillermo Kuitca, and Maya Lin. Together, the beautiful reproductions and telling commentary make this an essential volume for anyone open to exploring new paths.
