TAG Fine Arts
The Crypt, St Pancras Street, Euston Road
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Stephen Walter, Camden (detail)
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11 Feb 2008 – 2 Mar 2008
Daily (11am–6pm)
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Tube: Euston
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You could say that Stephen Walter — famous for his Similands maps of Britain — is a cartographer. And yet, these maps are nothing like any you've seen before. Ordnance Survey symbols and contours are replaced with a myriad of miniscule houses, trees and tower blocks, punctuated by a witty narrative that picks out famous residents or local landmarks in the capital. A crudely drawn snake represents the Serpentine, a rugby ball surrounded by pints indicates Twickenham and three sinister black dogs circle Barking. It all makes The Island: London Series an insightful, if slightly bonkers, take on the city's many different personalities.
