Title: WorldWise /
Authors: Johnson, Linda K.; Wasserman, Krystyna; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)
Publisher: National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Johnson, Linda K.; Maps in art.; Globalization.; Proverbs.
Abstract: "'Worldwise' by Linda K. Johnson, the recipient of the 2003 Library Fellows artist's book grant, juxtaposes visually and historically rich nineteenth-century maps with ancient proverbs from all corners of the earth. Thirty-two proverbs from cultures as diverse as Australian Aboriginal, Yiddish and Tibetan are presented in four small folded-book sections against a backdrop of old-world maps. The assembled book is a circle within a square, the circular shape of the case representing the world and the four book sections its four corners. Each of the four maps opens to form a four-point star and closes to a square that is housed in one of four compartments of this circular case."