About this artwork
In this piece Hopkins has applied ink by hand to a map of the world, leaving circles around the names of oceans and countries so they are still visible. Hopkins regularly makes use of pre-existing surfaces including maps, song sheets, comic books, furnishing fabrics and magazine pages, painting over and partially obscuring them so they take on a new meaning. In particular her paintings onto maps question the certainty of the original image so our understanding of geography is disrupted. Hopkins frequently uses painterly, expressive marks in this way to bring an otherworldly quality to the mass produced images that surround us in daily life.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Louise Hopkins (born 1965) English
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title:Untitled (169)
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date created:2006
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materials:Acrylic ink on printed map
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measurements:29.50 x 21.00 cm (framed: 49.50 x 41.20 x 3.20 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2006
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accession number:GMA 4811
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Louise Hopkins
Louise Hopkins
Hopkins was born in Hertfordshire and studied at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic and Glasgow School of Art. Her work is primarily concerned with the transformation of pre-existing surfaces. These have included furnishing fabrics, song sheets, pages from history books, newspapers and maps. In doing...