![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Collage using vintage maps.įrom very early on, artists have used maps or map iconography to interpret their works of art: from Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Yoko Ono, Joseph Cornell to one of my favorites, Joan Miró. In Noriko Ambe’s “Flat File Globe Red Tank A” (2007), drawers filled with undulating typographical layers of cut paper are meant to convey the artist’s “nuances of emotions, habits and biorhythms” - without resorting to Google maps or having to pull out your grandfather's Atlas. While there are various areas where Katharine Harmon delves into political discourse and deals with the world of wars within the book (the first chapter is titled Conflict and Sorrow) it also discovers areas of personal exploration. As a great fan of Katherine Harmon's previous book, You are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, it seemed relevant to take another look at The Map as Art in this day and age of mapping our own country into just blue and red zones. ![]() Even though Katharine's Harmon's The Map as Art came out almost 7 years ago, I wanted to take another look at this seminal book that takes a look at art, geography, population displacement and yes, even politics. ![]()
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