{"id":1005,"date":"2016-02-24T08:47:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T19:26:43","slug":"fuller-london-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/02\/fuller-london-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuller: London Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fuller, London Town<\/cite>, 2005\u20132015. Black ink on archival cotton board, 91 cm \u00d7 116 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fuller’s London Town<\/em><\/a> is a pen-and-ink masterpiece of detail that took ten years to create. Unveiled last October<\/a>, it’s been making the exhibition rounds and is currently at the Hoxtown Gallery<\/a> in Holborn, London until April 30th. It’s also included, along with his map of Bristol<\/a>, in Mind the Map<\/a><\/em>, a collection of map art that came out last September from Gestalten<\/a>. Prints of his work are also available<\/a>: a print of London Town<\/em> costs \u00a3600 or \u00a32,500 depending on the size. More about Fuller (whose real name is Gareth Wood) here<\/a>. [via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fuller’s London Town is a pen-and-ink masterpiece of detail that took ten years to create. Unveiled last October, it’s been making the exhibition rounds and is currently at the Hoxtown Gallery in Holborn, London until… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[321,54,50,1437,191,166],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-bristol","tag-cities","tag-exhibitions","tag-fuller","tag-hand-drawn","tag-london","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1752,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/fuller-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1005,"position":0},"title":"Fuller Update","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The\u00a0Bristol Post\u00a0reports\u00a0on artist Gareth Wood (aka Fuller), whose iconic\u00a0London Town\u2014now acquired (as an archival print) by the British Library\u2014was preceded by a similar map of Bristol.\u00a0An exhibition of his work, called\u00a0Get Lost, will run from 5 to 26 May at the Palm Tree Gallery,\u00a0291 Portobello Road, London,\u00a0W10 5TD. 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