JERRY’S MAP. RETIRED PANEL. N20/W26. 2014.

Maple City: s.p. (Jerry Gretzinger), 2012
25.5 x 20.5cm, original painting and inkjet on thin card. A unique section from “Jerry’ map” a fictional huge map which consists of over 3,600 individual eight by ten inch panels. created in acrylic, marker, coloured pencil, ink, collage, and inkjet prints on heavy paper. Began in 1963 as a hobby the work is now extensive having been exhibited in many museums (including in Edinburgh in a show curated by Paul Robertson) and is a remarkable undertaking.
The map changes regularly according to “rules” set by Gretzinger who uses a home made pack of cards to randomly decide which areas of the map become “developed” ie new drawings are made and replace the original panels much as if the city has grown or parts of the map faced natural disasters.
This is one such “retired panel” showing an area of countryside on the edge of a city from the map which is designated “N20/W26” on the back and it thus from the North-West area of the larger map. This example has only a small additional painted area at the top left over the ink jet output (Gretzinger produces all new panels on top of ink jet outputs of the earlier versions of the map). Unique and VG+.