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Urban Fragments - A Study in Cartographic Deconstruction
Two works:
1. 4" x 4" downtown Denver screen print - backwards.
2. 4" x 4" Night cityscape acryllic painting
Framed: 12" 16"
This striking two-piece diptych explores the intersection of memory, place, and abstraction through the lens of vintage cartography. Each framed piece features fragments of antique city maps, deliberately torn and layered to create a meditation on urban landscapes and the passage of time.
Piece 1 (Left): A dynamic composition of overlapping map segments, weathered paint chips, and colorful ephemera fragments scattered across neutral ground. The layered elements suggest the palimpsest of city life—streets rebuilt, neighborhoods transformed, histories overwritten.
Piece 2 (Right): A single, centered vintage map fragment floats in elegant isolation, its aged grid lines and street names speaking to the permanence of place even as cities evolve. The minimalist presentation creates a contemplative focal point.
Materials: Vintage city maps, aged paper, acrylic paint, mixed ephemera on archival paper, professionally framed
Style: Minimalist mixed media collage, abstract cartography art, contemporary assemblage
Display: Designed to be hung together as a diptych, though each piece stands beautifully on its own. The conversation between the chaotic and the ordered, the fragmented and the whole, creates visual tension and narrative depth.
Perfect for collectors of map art, urban design enthusiasts, vintage paper collage, and those drawn to the poetry of place.
Two works:
1. 4" x 4" downtown Denver screen print - backwards.
2. 4" x 4" Night cityscape acryllic painting
Framed: 12" 16"
This striking two-piece diptych explores the intersection of memory, place, and abstraction through the lens of vintage cartography. Each framed piece features fragments of antique city maps, deliberately torn and layered to create a meditation on urban landscapes and the passage of time.
Piece 1 (Left): A dynamic composition of overlapping map segments, weathered paint chips, and colorful ephemera fragments scattered across neutral ground. The layered elements suggest the palimpsest of city life—streets rebuilt, neighborhoods transformed, histories overwritten.
Piece 2 (Right): A single, centered vintage map fragment floats in elegant isolation, its aged grid lines and street names speaking to the permanence of place even as cities evolve. The minimalist presentation creates a contemplative focal point.
Materials: Vintage city maps, aged paper, acrylic paint, mixed ephemera on archival paper, professionally framed
Style: Minimalist mixed media collage, abstract cartography art, contemporary assemblage
Display: Designed to be hung together as a diptych, though each piece stands beautifully on its own. The conversation between the chaotic and the ordered, the fragmented and the whole, creates visual tension and narrative depth.
Perfect for collectors of map art, urban design enthusiasts, vintage paper collage, and those drawn to the poetry of place.