The Island: London Mapped Posters
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3791383345 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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. 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
About the Author 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.
The book includes posters of all 33 London boroughs that can be pulled out, framed, and displayed, and a further poster contains a key to the many symbols used by the artist to help readers navigate their way through the maps. As The Guardian notes, “the features Walter selects in a map are by turns funny, crass, touching, burlesque, murderous and uncanny.” Jokingly dismissing neighboring cities, the artist reimagines London as an insular body of land surrounded by water. London’s streets, built up over more than two thousand years, are a maze of history, cultures, and stories. Walter’s cartographic creations have a cult following and his books enable a wider audience to immerse themselves in his personal vision that celebrates the art of mapmaking and pokes intelligent fun at the city he calls home.. Now available in a pull-out poster book, artist Stephen Walter’s celebrated hand-drawn map of London is “as much a guide to history and folklore as it is to the geography of the city” (The Guardian). In his fantastically detailed maps of the city, Stephen Walter converts the densely packed stree