The Map as Art Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography

by Harmon, Katharine; Clemans, Gayle

• ISBN13: 9781568989723
• ISBN10: 1568989725
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Summary

Katharine Harmon, author of You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, presents a showstopping book featuring map-related artistic visions. The Map as Art is filled with 250 works by well-known artists-Joyce Kozloff, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Olafer Eliasson, Paul Scher, William Kentridge, Vik Muniz, Guillermo Kuitca, Joseph Cornell, and Maya Lin, for example-and many more less-familiar artists for whom maps are the inspiration for creating art. All are wayfinders, charting the highways and byways of the spirit and the topography of the soul.

“Rand McNally seems a world away.” - New York Times Magazine

“Colorful, creative, and downright disorienting. Whether you're interested in how we envision political landscapes, represent neighborhoods, or visually manipulate directional information, you can get there from here.” - Liquid Treat

“A remarkable collection of 360 colorful, map-related visions of experimental cartography by well-known artists and design thinkers.” - Brain Pickings

“THE MAP AS ART features plenty of work that defies our expectations of what a map is.” - The National Post

“Katharine Harmon knows this territory. As the author of our best-selling book YOU ARE HERE, she has inspired legions of new devotees of imaginative maps…. Together, the beautiful reproductions and telling commentary make this an essential volume for anyone open to exploring new paths.” - Photo Eye

Author Biography

Katharine Harmon has produced more than a dozen titles such as Blackstock's Collections: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant, and is the author of several books including You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, both with Princeton Architectural Press. She manages Tributary Books, a book development company in Seattle.