Map Painting of Fernando Vicente
Madrid-based Spanish artist Fernando Vicente uses maps for more than geographical purposes. For his Atlas
series, the creative illustrator paints on old maps, transforming
countries and whole continents into people, animals, and skulls. The
collection of acrylic paint portraits applied and integrated into each
map, similar to the work of Ed Fairburn, gives the lands a new sense of life.
While cartography can be seen as an art in its own right, Vicente
manages to transform each informative sheet into an interpretive piece.
The images he adds to the maps are translucent enough to recognize the
underlying contours of nations and the separation between ocean and land
while simultaneously appreciating the artist's ability to connect
masses of land into one unified figure. His work presents an organic
vision of the world, as though countries are not disconnected from one
another and share a spirit guardian.
via mymodernmet
