J.G. Fox
J.G. Fox is a new London artist, whose practice merges classic painting, Piranesi style etching, and Victorian architectural drawing, with contemporary themes. Fresh off the success of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, J.G. Fox creates work that, at first glance, appear entirely traditional, but, upon further inspection, make direct reference to the issues, attitudes, and political landscape of our modern life.
Fox’s map works are a playful ode to the work of beloved British graphic designer and cartographer MacDonald Gill. Gill’s ‘Where Our Tea Comes From’ map was a particular inspiration, made for a British audience to display the tea trade routes used by the Empire in the early 20th Century. Fox aimed to “spice up” this cartographic model with something more contemporary and arresting, to “inspire a fascination in the viewer akin to that of someone viewing the original in the 1930s.”
“I hope, in this way, as with all my work, I wake up something overlooked and bring it alive again.” - J.G. Fox
J.G. Fox is a new London artist, whose practice merges classic painting, Piranesi style etching, and Victorian architectural drawing, with contemporary themes. Fresh off the success of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, J.G. Fox creates work that, at first glance, appear entirely traditional, but, upon further inspection, make direct reference to the issues, attitudes, and political landscape of our modern life.
Fox’s map works are a playful ode to the work of beloved British graphic designer and cartographer MacDonald Gill. Gill’s ‘Where Our Tea Comes From’ map was a particular inspiration, made for a British audience to display the tea trade routes used by the Empire in the early 20th Century. Fox aimed to “spice up” this cartographic model with something more contemporary and arresting, to “inspire a fascination in the viewer akin to that of someone viewing the original in the 1930s.”
“I hope, in this way, as with all my work, I wake up something overlooked and bring it alive again.” - J.G. Fox
J.G. Fox is a new London artist, whose practice merges classic painting, Piranesi style etching, and Victorian architectural drawing, with contemporary themes. Fresh off the success of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, J.G. Fox creates work that, at first glance, appear entirely traditional, but, upon further inspection, make direct reference to the issues, attitudes, and political landscape of our modern life.
Fox’s map works are a playful ode to the work of beloved British graphic designer and cartographer MacDonald Gill. Gill’s ‘Where Our Tea Comes From’ map was a particular inspiration, made for a British audience to display the tea trade routes used by the Empire in the early 20th Century. Fox aimed to “spice up” this cartographic model with something more contemporary and arresting, to “inspire a fascination in the viewer akin to that of someone viewing the original in the 1930s.”
“I hope, in this way, as with all my work, I wake up something overlooked and bring it alive again.” - J.G. Fox