Gareth Fuller is an artist and explorer. His work acts as a layered gaze into the identity of urban and rural places, transcribing their personal, geographical, and social meanings into what he calls ‘maps of the mind’. The results are vast and intricate hand-drawn compositions – a series of visual portraits that express his personal and purposeful wanderings.
For many, this imposing landmark, The Ryugyong Hotel is the signature building of Pyongyang. Part science -fiction, part pyramid, the shadow cast by this mega-structure reaches across people’s minds as it does across the city.
Pink Floyd floated Algie the pig above Battersea Powerstation in 1976 to create their album artwork. A gust of wind broke Algie free, the pig eventually landing in a field in Kent, upsetting a herd of cows.
The Malcom X Community Centre, marked here by his glasses and fictional mural, is at the heart of Bristol’s African Caribbean community. The venue is used during the famous St Paul’s Street Carnival – the carnival’s historic logo, a decorative mask, and nearby sound system, symbolise the celebration of Afro Caribbean culture since 1968.
