101 Diasporas: Artists Born in the 1970s -- Gordon Cheung
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Upon A Time, 1998, by Gordon Cheung, manipulated colour photocopies of world map and varnish on canvas, 152.5 x 117cm
Gordon Cheung
Biography [abridged]
Born 1975.
Education Royal College of Art (1999-2001); Central St Martins College of Art and Design (1999-95) after one-year diploma in art and design foundation studies from the same college.
Exhibitions [Selected]
- 1999, DVI Bank, London.
- 1998, group exhibition with other members of the British Chinese Artists association.
- 1998, Exchanges, Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire.
- 1998, Art Vivaat Senagallia, Italy (won Art Viva 1998 Painting award).
Upon A Time (detail).
Gordon Cheung's Statement
The 'painting' is constructed from collage material originating from various sources: London Underground maps, Financial Times stock share listings and photos of videoed circuit boards. This material is then processed to form an image of a painterly gestural mark that is then used to 'paint' with. In a sense the pigment is substituted for collage and the brush for technology -- the mix between the two resulting in the simulated mark.
One of the propositions of the work is: What is it that makes a painting when paint is removed from the process?
The resulting work can say something about the social landscape in today's information age, as well as invite the viewer to question their habitual perception and conception of reality, not only in relation to their everyday environment but also to painting itself.
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