Grayson Perry's Map of an Englishman

I'm a sucker for unusual visual representations and Grayson Perry's 'Map of an Englishman' (below) is certainly unusual. Grayson, of course, is the eccentric Turner Prize winning artist from Essex who is perhaps more famous for his transvestite alter-ego 'Claire' than he is for his celebrated ceramics.

His etching 'Map of an Englishman' (2004) pictures the human psyche as an island. Areas of the island represent personality traits, emotions and character flaws. Offshore, rough-looking seas are named after psychological disorders like agoraphobia and schizophrenia.

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this is Grayson's auto-phrenology.

This is Number 241 in the splendid Strange Maps series. Go here to zoom in and browse.

Update: take a look at this rather similar map of humanity that has been doing the rounds lately.

Comments

[neilperkin]

Thanks for that Lee. Some nicely controversial juxtapositions going on there...:o)