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- Jerry Gretzinger
- Jerry's Map In the summer of 1963 I began drawing a map of an imaginary city. The work started as a doodle done in the spare time I had while working at a tedious job. I continued to add to that map through the years until, in 1983, I set it aside to put my free time to other use. The Map was stored in the attic of our home in Cold Spring, New York. It gathered dust. My son, Henry, found it one day while rummaging around. He brought it down to me and asked what it was. Seeing it then triggered me to dust it off and continue the project. It now comprises almost 3100 individual eight by ten inch panels. Its execution, in acrylic, marker, colored pencil, ink, collage, and inkjet print on heavy paper, is dictated by the interplay between an elaborate set of rules and randomly generated instructions.
I too am a cartophile of lifelong standing. To me, *all* maps are art. Some are more artistIC than others, but all maps are are. Your earlier stuff is more along the lines of less artistic as you went for a literal map interpretation: the newest panels, the 'outer limits', so to say, push the boundaries of where abstract art and map collide - which they will, if you let them.
ReplyDeleteAs a lover of maps, the more artistic, abstract panels push me out of my comfort zone. They challenge me. This is good and it's what art should do … art should be like a brick. If it does not break the ice inside you, there's no ultimate point in it.
Well said.
Thanks tons for your thoughtful/inciteful comments, Samuel. We're on the same page!
DeleteThis map has blown me away with its randomized system of creation (the cards) and handmade, hand-painted, and very detailed panels, and especially the fact that the map is changing constantly. It's definitely the most creative style of mapping I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!
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