The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography

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 books 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 mapsto express their visions. Using paint salt souvenir tea towels or their own bodies map artists explore a world free ofgeographical constraints. In The Map as Art Harmon collects 360 colorful map-related artistic visions by well-known artistssuch as Ed Ruscha Julian Schnabel Olafur Eliasson William Kentridge and Vik Munizand many more less-familiar artists for whom maps are the inspiration for creating art. Essays by Gayle Clemans bring an in-depth look into the artists maps of Joyce Kozloff Landon Mackenzie Ingrid Calame Guillermo Kuitca and Maya Lin. Together the beautiful reproductions and telling commentary make this an essential volume for anyone open to exploring new paths.