Geography and Art


A map is only a fragment of space. But how can we interpret it?

This overview gives you a different perspective. These « geoartists » take us into unusual universes.

Destructuring, chewing, crushing, cutting, all means are good to recompose infinitely.

Let yourself be carried away and forget your bearings for a moment with …

 

Joao Machado and his hijacking

James Turner and his belief mapping

Molly Holmberg and her colourful illustrations

Francesca Berrini and her cuttings

Dominique Taleghani and his interlacing

Vik Muniz and his « office waste. »

Claudio Parmiggiani and his « Zoogeography ».

Celine Boyer and her fingerprints

Paula scher and her words

Christophe Niemann and his tracks

Yoko Ono and « imagine map peace »

Susan Stockwell and her dresses

Julie Mehretu and her weightlessness

Ghislaine Escande and her papers

Howard Horowitz and his calligrams


Michael Tompsett and his spatter

Ed Fairburn and his portraits

Ren Ri and his cirerren

Rafael Esquer and Klim

Javier Jabalera and his matches

 

 

Sources :

https://owdin.live/2017/08/07/20-oeuvres-dart-de-carte-moderne-donnant-un-tournant-contemporain-a-la-cartographie/

http://googlexxl.blogspot.com/2007/10/art-et-cartographie.html

https://mappemonde-archive.mgm.fr/num25/internet/int10101.html