{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Design"],"cover":{"alt":"Transamerican Map Works","height":1396,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-artworks.jpg","width":1840},"credit":"","date":"2011-09-30T11:25:41Z","description":"Matthew Cusick uses transamerican physical maps to create fantastic portrait-works by cutting and pasting small map-snippets together! The results are just superb and a must to see...","html":"\u003cp\u003eI have a foible for maps in general - you should know that since I posted about the \u003ca href=\"/map-cuts-paper-art/\"\u003emap cuts by Karen O’Leary\u003c/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\"/subway-worldwide/\"\u003eworldwide subway map source\u003c/a\u003e - for what reason I was delighted when I recently found the transamerican map artworks by \u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Cusick\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew creates mainly portraits by cutting and pasting together snippets of physical maps! The results look just great and I’m really wondering how many maps he already utilized\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1404\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1404\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1404\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_6f3a156225278331.avif 480w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_c45523ee40976974.avif 960w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_15f1b7dd09d9a3e3.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_4879eab7ad62a77c.webp 480w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_73bf54e11486f9a1.webp 960w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_43b8962b0638b678.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_e8a7f5d9b09e86c0.jpg\" srcset=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_62e268efd27a2382.jpg 480w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_40224f7dfbf49242.jpg 960w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps_hu_e8a7f5d9b09e86c0.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1099\" alt=\"Matthew Cusick - art maps\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eMatthew Cusick - art maps\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2312\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2312\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2312\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_2a683161166898b3.avif 480w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_8b265bd75151a95c.avif 960w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_ef03f923d403ca43.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_b84a11c070697fe4.webp 480w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_4ea3334453f2b5d4.webp 960w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_5818d36a7e465691.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_52380d1de5530f82.jpg\" srcset=\"/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_59830deeedc238c2.jpg 480w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_dcd21ba84b11f568.jpg 960w, /transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works_hu_52380d1de5530f82.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1809\" alt=\"Matthew Cusick - map works\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eMatthew Cusick - map works\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://graffart.eu/blog/2011/09/map-works-transamerican-by-matthew-cusick/\"\u003egraffart.eu\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nI have a foible for maps in general - you should know that since I posted about the [map cuts by Karen O’Leary](/map-cuts-paper-art/) or the [worldwide subway map source](/subway-worldwide/) - for what reason I was delighted when I recently found the transamerican map artworks by **Matthew Cusick**.\n\nMatthew creates mainly portraits by cutting and pasting together snippets of physical maps! The results look just great and I’m really wondering how many maps he already utilized...\n\n![Matthew Cusick - art maps](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-art-maps.jpg\u003e)\n\nMatthew Cusick - art maps ![Matthew Cusick - map works](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/transamerican-map-works/Matthew-Cusick-map-works.jpg\u003e)\n\nMatthew Cusick - map works \nVia [graffart.eu](http://graffart.eu/blog/2011/09/map-works-transamerican-by-matthew-cusick/).\n","tags":["Paper Art","Matthew Cusick","Print","Art Map"],"title":"Transamerican Map Works","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/transamerican-map-works/"}