Karen O’Leary: Cut-Out Maps

by Maggie York-Worth

Charlotte, NC-based artist

The maps, haunting in their simplicity and startling visual potency, highlight the transient beauty of each city’s skylines through their delicate construction. Says O’Leary, “Imagine all the sounds and smells and feelings of being in a large city…then try to transfer that to paper without using words, only by using a knife or a pen.”

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