Click on Adam Dant’s new map to explore the parish of St Martin-In-The Fields
Adam Dant created this print to celebrate beating the bounds at St Martin-in-the- Fields on the three hundredth anniversary of the building of James Gibbs’ famous church. It forms the centrepiece for an exhibition of Adam’s maps in the crypt which is open now and runs through the summer in Trafalgar Sq.
Visitors are encouraged to use Adam’s map to walk the bounds of the parish of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. It illustrates a broad historical sweep, augmented with familiar landmarks and buildings, anecdotes and incidents from the lives of numerous former parishioners. The friendly personages of many of the parish’s current residents are also dotted across the terrain, permitting map readers to spot the locals.
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Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND is a mighty monograph collecting together all your favourite works by Spitalfields Life‘s Contributing Cartographer in a beautiful big hardback book.
Including a map of London riots, the locations of early coffee houses and a colourful depiction of slang through the centuries, Adam Dant’s vision of city life and our prevailing obsessions with money, power and the pursuit of pleasure may genuinely be described as ‘Hogarthian.’
Unparalleled in his draughtsmanship and inventiveness, Adam Dant explores the byways of London’s cultural history in his ingenious drawings, annotated with erudite commentary and offering hours of fascination for the curious.
The book includes an extensive interview with Adam Dant by The Gentle Author.
Adam Dant’s limited edition prints are available to purchase through TAG Fine Arts