Adam Dant's Political Maps is an all-new collection of this highly regarded artist's intricate, absorbing and beautiful maps, this time focused on the world of politics. Informed by his experiences as the official artist of the UK general election in 2015, these glorious works of art are amusing and subversive, hugely imaginative and packed with eyecatching detail.
Themes range across the spectrum of British and global politics past and present, bringing in recent political upheavals ('Stop That Brexit') and current issues such as the controversy around certain statues ('Iconoclastic London'), alongside more timeless subjects like a map of US presidents ('Presidents of the United States of America'), and, of course, the pandemic ('Viral London'). Other highlights include:
Il de Cameron: the intricacies of recent British politics mapped onto Boccaccio's Decameron, starring David Cameron New York Tawk: A visualisation of New York City through a century of its slang Johnson's London: Notorious places associated with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, including all the houses he has ever lived in British Left Groups: A fascinating history of left-wing parties and pressure groups through the decades Quitting Europe: the sadness of Brexit, encapsulated in exotic European cigarette packets from the artist's youth
Witty and whimsical, acerbic and intelligent, this unique collection will delight history enthusiasts, art lovers and politics buffs of all persuasions, and its large format guarantees hours of happy browsing of the densely packed detail Adam Dant brings to all his images.
By:
Adam Dant,
Adam Dant
Imprint: Batsford
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 260mm,
Width: 315mm,
ISBN: 9781849946919
ISBN 10: 1849946914
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 13 October 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 8Division 10The Mother of Parliaments 12The Government Stable 14Johnson's London 20The Ministry + Passion of J.C 22British Left Groups 24Stop That Brexit 28Ruritanian Europe 30The Invasions of the British Isles 32Quitting Europe: Some Anecdotes 34Rudimentary London 38The London Rebus 40Viral London 42Iconoclastic London 44The London Calendar 46The Universal London Underground Map 48The Critic's Perpetual Drinking Calendar 50Jewish Spitalfields 52Club Row Through the Ages 54Guardians of London's Lost Rivers 62Civil War Defences 64Argonautica Londinensi 66Triumph of Debt, Royal Exchange Square 68Triumph of Debt, Canary Wharf 70Moneyscrape 72Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom 74Presidents of the United States of America 76Cockney Rhyming America 78New York Tawk 80Paris Argot 82The Oxford Meridian 84Metaphysical Cambridge 94Theatreland 96A Map of the National Gallery: London's Collection of Subliminal Images 98Tulip Fever 102Coco-opolis 104Scottish London 106A Walk Round the End of the World 108Lindon: A Map of London as it Might Have Been 110The Mind of East London 112The Gentle Author's Tour of Spitalfields 114The Paradise of Sleaze 116The Great British Beast Chase 118The Meeting of the Old & the New East End in Redchurch St 120Operation Owl Club 122An Encyclopedy of Ye Age of Enlightenment Citizens & Kings 124Stanfords World of Covent Garden 126Acknowledgements and Credits 128
Adam Dant studied at the Royal College of Art, London and the MS University Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, India. He creates dense, elaborate narrative drawings that examine and depict public contemporary life, space, mythologies and histories. These works are thoroughly researched, with the artist drawing on a deep well of historical and visual sources to create his wittily perceptive detailed drawings. Dant lives and works in London.Adam Dant studied at the Royal College of Art, London and the MS University Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, India. He creates dense, elaborate narrative drawings that examine and depict public contemporary life, space, mythologies and histories. These works are thoroughly researched, with the artist drawing on a deep well of historical and visual sources to create his wittily perceptive detailed drawings. Dant lives and works in London.
Reviews for Adam Dant's Political Maps
‘Highly entertaining … long may Dant’s sharp eye, brain and pen flourish’ The Art Newspaper Maev Kennedy 2022 ‘A political tour de force … there is much comfort and joy to be found in art, and in particular the subversive and creative humour of Adam Dant’ The House Douglas Champan 2022 ‘An absolute must-purchase for anyone who draws a mote of joy from gazing at artistic maps... which is to say, everybody’ Londonist Matt Brown 2022 ‘Majestic and colourful’ TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 2022 ‘A very Shoreditch sort of a book, steeped in a sense of place and history. But don’t throw away your atlas … just yet, for it is primarily a guide to navigation for the mind’ The World of Interiors Stephen Patience
