Exhibition

Stephen Walter: Nova Utopia

13 Apr 2016 – 30 Apr 2016

Regular hours

Wednesday
09:30 – 18:00
Thursday
09:30 – 18:00
Friday
09:30 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 17:00
Monday
09:30 – 18:00
Tuesday
09:30 – 18:00

Cost of entry

Free

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Shapero Modern

London, United Kingdom

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Shapero Modern is delighted to present a new print by the acclaimed British artist Stephen Walter.

About

Entitled Nova Utopia, the artwork is inspired by Thomas More’s philosophical novel Utopia, and a map of the world he imagined drawn by Abraham Ortelius. More’s book, which was published 500 years ago in 1516, depicts a complex, self-contained world set on an island in which communities share a common culture and way of life. Walter’s map updates this to the 21st century, showing a world of mass tourism, package holidays, retirement homes, luxury resorts, banking districts and cultural hotspots.

Nova Utopia is presented inside a ‘Hagioscope Frame’, with a movable magnifying glass lens, so rather than Utopia being a place for everybody, only one person may view a detail of the map at a time, creating a very personal, local experience that becomes a kind of metaphor for how utopias may be seen today.

Says Walter: ‘This map is essentially a collection of a number of utopian and dystopian manifestations, some that I yearn for, and also some of the things that I wish didn’t exist.

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