Druksland
Michael Druks
1974–1975
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Druks was commissioned to create this self-portrait in the form of a topographical map, by Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co., a large European printing house, who used it as a promotional gift for their clients. But it also quickly got attention in the art world as an important conceptual artwork. Druks experimented with mapping, a universal visual idiom, to use “international and visual language for individual purposes.” Configured in the shape of his head, the map has features like bodies of water and labels for local coordinates that correspond to events, people (e.g., artists), and places in his life—as well as to his political orientation.
Credits
© Michael Druks. Courtesy of Beardsmore Gallery, London.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 10.
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