Ewan’s Mappa Mundi series – the title of which comes from the medieval latin, Mappa, meaning sheet, and Mundi, of the world – has taken inspiration from the study of maps from ancient to modern. A particular reference point is Charles Booth’s 19th century ‘Poverty Maps’ which set out to define levels of poverty or wealth in London, street by street, using a colour coded system. Ewan’s stripping away of words and traditional symbolism echoes Booth’s work, with the solid colour blocks becoming abstract images in themselves. However, rather than defining the landscape as poor, middle class or rich, Ewan’s use of gold, with its sacred and precious quality, instead draws on the egalitarian nature of people.
Services Provided
Giclée Printing
Framing
Direct To Media Print
Private: Fixing
Private: Mounting
Meeting Ewan was a chance occurrence but one that was a delight and has been throughout our working relationship. Constantly developing and looking for new, inventive ways to produce artwork, working together is a joy and being able to visual see an idea become a reality is amazing to see.
