 | Cartographic Abstraction in Contemporary Art: Seeing with Maps Subjects: Arts; Geography; Politics & International Relations; Art & Visual Culture; Visual Arts; GIS Remote Sensing & Cartography; Political Philosophy; Contemporary Art; History of Art; Photography ; Cartography; Marxism & Communism; Fine Art; In this book, Claire Reddleman introduces her theoretical innovation "cartographic abstraction" - a material modality of thought and experience that is produced through cartographic techniques of depiction. Reddleman closely engages with selected artworks (by contemporary artists such as Joyce Kozloff, Layla Curtis, and Bill Fontana) and theories in each chapter. Reconfiguring the Foucauldian underpinning of critical cartography towards a materialist theory of abstraction, cartographic viewpoints are theorised as concrete abstractions. This research is positioned at the intersection of art theory, critical cartography and materialist philosophy. Claire Reddleman received her PhD in cultural studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. |
