Description

The series of works with cartographic representations, developed by Ion Bitzan, offers the audience an extremely interesting perspective on the use of visual language and of geographical notions, and the author uses these two instruments to create his own set of conventions, a complementary means of knowledge and communication. The course of a map in a book, a symbol having multiple meanings, suggests travelling along an individual road towards profound knowledge of the self, as well as of the environment around us. In contemporary arts, the use of cartography as a means of expression has been used by other artists, as well, such as TARA von Neudorf, Ciprian Mureșan, or Miklos Onucsan.

Sizing

Width 97, Height 64, Sizing info 64 × 97 cm

Signature

signed and dated left side, with pen and ink, "IB, (19)93, 10 Aug. (19)93"

Dating

1993

Medium

ink, felt-tip pen, watercolour and pencil on paper

Location

Artmark românia

Research information

The artwork was part of the exhibition "Ion Bitzan objets, écritures", Romanian Cultural Centre, Paris, 1994. The artwork was part of the exhibition "The Song of Songs | The Cabinet", Hot Bath Gallery, 1994. The artwork was part of the exhibition "100 de ani de artă în capodopere: Spre Est", Romanian Cultural Centre, London, 2017. The artwork is reproduced in "Limbajul cartografic", Leonard Vartic, U.T. Press, 2020, Cluj, p. 188.