Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Art
Barbara Kruger Designs Subway Map (For London)
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:04 PM
So apparently
Transport for London, which administers the British capital's subway system, or "tube," hires a different contemporary artist each month to design an original alternate map for the front of the free system map, and this month's artist is
boldface-subversive-agit-prop creator
Barbara Kruger. Her moral map, pictured in detail at right and
in full here, turns the subway network into an emotive lattice work—notice the short distance between power and envy. Wouldn't it be nice if the MTA had a similar program for the millions of subway maps station attendants hand out every year? (
CreativeReview)
Tags: Barbara Kruger, London, Tube, Subway, Maps
