Features Seeing Power through the Map By John Zarobell April 27, 2017 In-depth, critical perspectives exploring art and visual culture in the Bay Area. Maps and visual art have a long shared history but two current exhibitions in the Bay Area demonstrate that maps are a particularly rich means to explore contemporary political issues. Seeking Civilization: Art and Cartography at Gallery Wendi Norris and Mapping the Unchartered at the Richmond Art Center are two projects that encourage viewers to reconsider maps and the ways that they reframe dimensions of power. Seeking Civilization works to reimagine an exhibition with the same name that was held…

Mapping the Uncharted Exhibition at Richmond Art Center