Drawing, 2010
The designs in some circular doilies are reminiscent of the Polar Coordinates system; this seemingly random connection between the two subjects serves in this drawing to force a dialogue between the domestic and the abstract reality of maps. A broken doily which missing fragments mark the outline of the arctic region. A map’s main function is to help us find our way or get home safely. But on a blank map there are no marks, no boundaries, paths or points of reference: there can be no home in a white map. Painted on white acrylic over an off-white paper, the subtlety of the image tries to reflect the fragility of the subject.
Mappa comes from Mappa Mundi, a general term used to describe medieval European maps of the world. The term derives from the Medieval Latin words mappa (cloth or chart) and mundi (of the world), literally ‘sheet of the world.’
pencil and acrylic on Waterford watercolor paper, 56 x 76 cm
(detail)
