Art Maps. Art Inspired by maps

 Art Maps. Art Inspired by maps.

Venue • The Old Post Office • BA1 1BA • click for map
Opening night • Fri 23 May • 6pm until late
Open 11am to 6pm daily • 24 May to 7 June 2025

Maps are a figment of our creative imagination. They are a graphic interpretation of our world and are often trying to explain very complex journeys or evolutions. They are also a record of how people thought about the world in the past and how they tried to standardise information.

Art Maps brings together a cross section of mediums and ideas. Some artists are illustrating their journey, some are trying to understand the past and some are using mapping to give a location an identity. We also have emotive experiences of journeys, capturing the feeling of 'being there'.

The curator, Susannah Peacock, worked in city mapping within Urban Design.

"Our first maps were symbols with abstracted landmarks but they were also the first graphic communication of space and time. We accept so much of the symbols and lines we see today as part of our language, but it is informed by past trial and error and creative experimentation. Art Maps shows us new thoughts around how we express space, sound, nature and our journeys."

Exhibiting Artists:

Adam Dunne, Annelies Egli, Derry Dalek, Edwin Morris, Emma Fordham, Ethan Pennell, Eva Lane, Jenny Betts, Kate Parsons, Kimbal Quist Bumstead, Kimberley Ladd, Lorraine Clewlow, Lyndsey Sheardown, Marko Dutka, Penelope O'Gara, Philip Ford, Smriti Mehra, Susannah Peacock, Tin City, Yat Sze Ashley Lo

Curated by Susannah Peacock

Susannah Peacock has been an sculptor and illustrator alongside professional practice in conservation architecture and urban design. Historical context has been a major part of her work.

"I am interested in the real past, not our modern misconceptions. Art Maps 'Here be Dragons' is an example of how we perceived the medieval period as quite 'dark'. The truth is everything was brightly painted and gilded. Even the exterior of cathedrals were painted from head to toe with contrasting panels, stripes and foliage and the use of gold leaf was extensive."

The Art Maps exhibition interprets the way creativity tries to explain place, a journey or a territory. There are no OS rules here, just the unravelling of the human experience of our world.

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