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The Map as Art

November 03, 2009


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Map of USA from memory, 2007 Hollywood, 2006 Two images from The Green(er) Side of the Line, 2005: Abandoned military base north of the Dead Sea and Butcher in Bartaa East Mount Fear, East London: Police Statistics for Violent Crimes 2002-3, 2003 Sunny Side of the Street, 2007 Caspian Sea, 2006 Courtesy of Henry Art Gallery and PaceWildenstein
Credit: Artist: Ellis Nadler
All images appear in The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography by Katharine Harmon (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009)

Map of USA from memory, 2007

From The Map as Art: Nadler, a visual artist and illustrator comfortable working in many styles, is amused by the cartoonish images that result when he asks friends to draw maps of places near and far. The sole rule: no cheating by peeking at a map before or while drawing. Nadler created his US map from a pile of cut wire that accumulated during a soldering project.


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