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December 7, 2022
Kate Mothes
Alongside the contours of roads, property boundaries, and shorelines, English artist Ed Fairburn attracts inspiration for his detailed cross-hatched portraits. As an avid map collector, he’s fascinated by the city panorama and cartographic design. “The extra maps I acquire, the extra I wish to create,” he tells Colossal, sharing that transportation routes like roads and bridges might be likened to the veins or arteries of the physique.
Fairburn’s intricate drawings instantly reply to the format of the unique map. “I enable the composition of every map to tell the composition of every portrait,” he explains. An curiosity within the physique as metaphorical panorama and vice versa additionally informs how he approaches every bit. “In a wider sense, I hope that my work pushes viewers to consider these similarities, and maybe provides a reminder that we’re formed by the panorama round us, which we in flip are additionally shaping.”
You will discover extra of Fairburn’s work on his web site, and observe updates on Instagram, the place he typically shares movies of his course of.
#drawing
#Ed Fairburn
#geography
#maps
#portraits
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