Showing posts with label Piet Mondrian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Piet Mondrian. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mondrian

Simon Bond did this brilliant map-related parody of the famous (infamous?) modern artist Piet Mondrian. You may be familiar with his work without being familiar with his name:
Composition 10
It's one of those iconic styles that often comes up when people are commenting on the simplicity, or over-simplicity, of modern art. While I'm not a fan of this guy's work, it's obvious that some of it can be very map-like. Take his work "Broadway Boogie Woogie":
Broadway Boogie Woogie



Of course that work looks awfully like his "Victory Boogie Woogie" so maybe it's not so map-like after all... assuming "Victory Boogie Woogie" isn't supposed to invoke the aesthetic of maps.
Victory Boogie Woogie