Image of Gallery in South Kensington
Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E , Case MP, Shelf 131, Box A

Political

Print
2010 (made), 2002 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Victoria Miro Gallery (published)
Omni Colour (printed)
Tom Lubbock (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

This map, made by artist Tom Lubbock, presents a morally stringent and eerily prescient comment on the cynical shifts and realignments of international relations. Political maps the nations states of some unspecified region of the world, naming them as Good or Evil, with some designations qualified by subtitled formerly Evil or formerly Good.

Tom Lubbock was an artist and illustrator as well as being chief art critic for The Independent newspaper for thirteen years. Between 1999 and 2004 his witty, meticulously-executed collages illustrated the Saturday edition of the newspaper.

Delve deeper

Discover more about this object
view Mapping the imagination Maps are simplified schematic diagrams that employ a universal visual language through which we codify and comprehend our world. We all use maps in our daily lives as sources of information about places, routes, networks, and boundaries. They offer us the means of describing and understand...

Object details

Category
Maps
Object type
Print
TitlePolitical (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Digital pigment print on Somerset Velvet paper
Brief description
Digital print, 'Political', by Tom Lubbock, London, 2010
Physical description
Map of imaginary region with countries labelled as 'Good', 'Evil' with one labelled 'Democratic Republic of Evil (Formerly Good)' and another 'Formerly Evil'. Countries are coloured pink, blue, yellow or green and the sea pale blue. Round the edge is a border of black and red parallel lines and a 'scale' (without numbers).
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 35.9cm
  • Sheet width: 47cm
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
120 of 265
Marks and inscriptions
  • GOOD (Various places on map sometimes part of word only running off sheet)
  • EVIL (Various places on map sometimes part of word only running off sheet)
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF / EVIL / (FORMERLY GOOD) (One country centre left)
  • GOOD / (FORMERLY EVIL) (One country lower right)
  • 'POLITICAL' (Bottom centre, title)
  • 'Political' 2010 / 120/250 (Pencil on reverse)
  • TOM / LUB/ BOC / K= (Ink stamped signature on reverse)
    Transliteration
    TOM LUBBOCK
Object history
Based on a collage made in 2002
Production
Limited edition of 250 plus 15 artist proofs
Summary
This map, made by artist Tom Lubbock, presents a morally stringent and eerily prescient comment on the cynical shifts and realignments of international relations. Political maps the nations states of some unspecified region of the world, naming them as Good or Evil, with some designations qualified by subtitled formerly Evil or formerly Good.

Tom Lubbock was an artist and illustrator as well as being chief art critic for The Independent newspaper for thirteen years. Between 1999 and 2004 his witty, meticulously-executed collages illustrated the Saturday edition of the newspaper.
Bibliographic reference
Wallinger, Mark. 'Tom Lubbock: collages that cut to the quick', in, The Independent, Friday 3 December, 2010.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.485-2011

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdAugust 23, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1240367/political-print-tom-lubbock/
Download as: JSON