Map As Art Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography

Name: Map As Art Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography
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ISBN: 9781568989723

ISBN-10: 1568989725

ISBN-13: 9781568989723

Edition: 2010

Authors: Katharine Harmon, Gayle Clemans

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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 maps to express their visions. Using paint, salt, souvenir tea towels, or their own bodies, map artists explore a world free of geographical constraints. In The Map as Art , Harmon collects 360 colorful, map-related artistic visions by…

Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 8/18/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 10.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Akiko Busch is a contributing editor at Metropolis.