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Emily Garfield




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Shades of Civilization (Cityspace #176)
Watercolor
[15x20]
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Imaginary map drawings

Media: Drawing, Mixed-Media, Painting

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Artisan's Asylum
10 Tyler Street 58   (accessible)

MAP # 51


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My intricate pen and watercolor drawings are inspired by the visual language of maps, as well as the fractal similarity that cities share with biological processes such as the patterns of cells and neurons. I invent each place as I draw, thinking about clustering of neighborhoods, patterns of roads and the individual selective memory that an inhabitant would use to navigate their city. The physical materials also influence each work; the topography of watercolor paper, the force of gravity on ink, or the tensile limitations of paper all structure my drawings in the same way that a landscape influences urban growth.