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Maps of London and Beyond
A spectacular, large-format collection of Adam Dant's fine art maps giving a unique view of our history and life today. Artist and cartographer Adam Dant surveys London's past, present and future from his studio in the East End. Beautiful, witty and subversive, his astonishing maps offer a compelling view of history, lore, language and life in the capital and beyond. Traversed by a plethora of colourful characters including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Mary Wollstonecraft and Barbara Windsor, Adam Dant's maps extend from the shipwrecks on the bed of the Thames to the stars in the sky over Soho. Along the way, he captures all the rich traditions in the capital, from brawls and buried...
Adam Dant's Political Maps
A timely, large-format collection of fine art maps from Adam Dant, looking at the fractious world of politics. Adam Dant's Political Maps is an all-new collection of this highly regarded artist's intricate, absorbing and beautiful maps, this time focused on the world of politics. Informed by his experiences as the official artist of the UK general election in 2015, these glorious works of art are amusing and subversive, hugely imaginative and packed with eye-catching detail. Themes range across the spectrum of British and global politics past and present, bringing in recent political upheavals (' Stop That Brexit') and current issues such as the controversy around certain statues (' Iconocla...
The People of East London
The People of East London comprises 50 colour illustrations by Adam Dant that celebrate and gently mock the array of characters you may possibly meet in East London. From Graffiti Tourists, Street Food Evangelists, Flower Market Shoppers to Aggressive Estate Agents, App Millionaires and Bicycle Thieves, Dant has all the stereotypes covered. The book can serve as a visual travel guide for those wishing to explore London’s east end or as comic relief for those who face these ‘types’ on a daily basis.
Living Maps
Venture to twenty-eight cities around the world in this colorfully illustrated collection of maps that take you on a journey through history, culture, and geography. On each page, you’ll visit a different city. And in each city, you’ll explore the metaphorical resonance between the physical metropolis and its inhabitants, history, and culture. In the hands of a creative cartographer, Manhattan is dissected in an anatomical diagram, the streets of Monaco trace the form of a Picasso nude, and the crisscrossing paths of boats on the Bosphorus become the nerves of Istanbul. Travel as you never have traveled before, and revel in the details that define urban life. By laying bare the bone, muscle, and sinew of twenty-eight cities, these maps reveal the unique spirit of each one and shed light on the strange and marvelous ways in which humans interact with the places they call home. Witty and insightful, this book will capture the imaginations of travelers, map enthusiasts, history buffs, and dreamers.
How it All Works
A beautiful guide that clearly explains the laws and phenomena of science by putting them in an innovative visual setting.
Spitalfields Life
I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London... Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live and work in the East End of London.
Art Plural
"Art is now a globalized phenomenon, with artists from all corners of the world showing their works on an international stage as never before. How do we begin to understand the ensuing multitude of different directions in contemporary art? In Art Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art world-renowned art historian and writer Michael Peppiatt joins with Swiss gallerist Frederic de Senarclens of Art Plural Gallery, as well as over 25 leading contemporary artists, to share their thoughts on this diverse art scene. While Peppiatt frames their work in a historical context, the artists themselves reflect deeply on their influences, styles, techniques and messages through personal interviews in this lavishly illustrated book."--From back cover.
Cult Fiction
Published to accompany the Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition, held at New Art Gallery, Wallsall, 4 May - 1 July 2007, Nottingham Castle, 14 July - 16 September 2007, Leeds City Art Gallery, 21 September - 11 November 2007, Aberystwyth Art Gallery, 17 November 2007 - 13 January 2008 and Tullie House, Carlisle, 19 January - 16 March 2008.
Goodbye Europe
Novelists, journalists, poets, historians, and artists of all sorts will be found in this at turns moving, funny, interesting and totally unique collection. Readers can expect to find a treasure trove of essays, anecdotes, illustrations, short stories, poems, and more, all with the aim of exploring our relationship with Europe. Each contributor will give the reader an insight into their personal relationship with the continent - beyond the political and economic focus and divisive approach that has defined current affairs and social media coverage recently. Expect this to provoke laughs, tears, discussions and plenty of noise...
