Orbis Terrarum.MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS Taking its title from the first modern atlas--Antwerp cartographer Abraham Ortelius's 1570 Theatrum orbis terrarum Theatrum Orbis Terrarum /tɛˈɑːtrʊm ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːɑːrʊm/ ("Theatre of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. , printed in what is today the Museum Plantin-Moretus--this exhibition juxtaposes works by thirty-six international artists with a selection of major atlases from the golden age of Flemish and Dutch cartography cartography: see map. cartography or mapmaking Art and science of representing a geographic area graphically, usually by means of a map or chart. Political, cultural, or other nongeographic features may be superimposed. . With contemporary works from the likes of Laurie Anderson For the author, see . Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American experimental performance artist and musician. , Fischli & Weiss, Mona Hatoum Mona Hatoum (born 1952 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a performance artist of Palestinian origin who moved to London in 1975. Trained at both the Byam Shaw School of Art and the Slade School of Art between the years 1975 and 1981. , Uri Tzaig, and Gabriel Orozco, plus public projects by Chris Burden, Thomas Hirschhorn, Job Koelewijn, Aglaia Konrad, Matt Mullican, and Remy Zaugg, the show examines the ways we have seen, imagined, and "imaged" the world, from the time of the great sea voyages to that of the orbiting satellite. June 22-Sept. 24. |
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