Stephen Walter’s most recent project is based around a large map of London. Titled The Island and originally a drawing that took the artist over 2 years to produce and requires a magnifying glass to view, an edition of prints have now been published of the piece, along with 33 accompanying editions taken from segments of the main piece, which represent each London Borough.
I have never seen this artist’s work in person, but the online images are fascinating (in theory, at least; they are so detailed that it’s hard to see what’s going on). Each map is filled with miniscule drawings and symbols, creating various layers of geographical existence. These are more like texts than drawings, to my eye, and I can see getting lost in the Southwark selection. I also like that the maps are printed on “hand torn fine art paper”: each borough like a page ripped from the book of London.
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