The Island: London Mapped [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Walter, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 3791381571 ISBN 13: 9783791381572

Casa editrice: Prestel Pub, 2015

Riassunto

A masterpiece of imaginative cartography, artist Stephen Walter’s detailed maps of London reveal much more about the city than its winding streets and historic buildings. London’s streets, built up over more than two thousand years, are a maze of history, cultures, and stories. In his fantastically detailed maps of the city, Stephen Walter translates these elements into a tangle of insightful yet humorous words and symbols that make up a complex of hidden meanings and wider contradictions. Testament to Walter’s skill and importance as a cartographer, his groundbreaking, oversized map The Island was one of only two contemporary works to feature in the seminal Magnificent Maps exhibition held at the British Library in 2010, the other by Grayson Perry, alongside hugely important historical maps, such as Pierre Desceliers's 1550 world map. The work, which reimagines London as an insular body of land surrounded by water, has been reconfigured and turned into Walter’s own version of a London street atlas, with readers able to explore his unique vision of the city by flicking through the pages. A grid at the front of the book lets readers navigate their way through the map and the large-scale reproductions allow for close examination of his witty depictions. Walter’s maps have a cult following and now a wider audience will be able to immerse themselves in his personal vision that both celebrates the art of cartography and pokes intelligent fun at the city he calls home.

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Stephen Walter's highly detailed, hand-drawn plans of the metropolis record long-forgotten histories and recent developments with a native Londoner's critical eye. --The Observer, 10th May 2015

Stephen Walter's hand-drawn maps of Greater London reveal its quirk in sardonic and amusing detail. Now collected as a book, The Island, his works are even more revealing than Google Maps. --Londonist, 18th May 2015

The Island: London Mapped is an atlas like no other. Artist Stephen Walter has hand-drawn the A-Z within the M25 to create a parallel universe in which Chiswick becomes Cheesewick and Hampstead Homestead. History meets sociology meets comedy in myriad annotations.....It s easy to lose yourself for hours. --Evening Standard, 3rd December 2015

L'autore:

Stephen Walter has exhibited his work around the world and his pieces are in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, and the British Library.

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• Editore: Prestel Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3791381571
• ISBN 13: 9783791381572
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 143