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| GORDON CHEUNG |
Gordon Cheung is an artist whose work captures the mood and values of our specific
historical moment. He continues a long-standing artistic tradition of imagining the
end of civilisation, a form of emotional and spiritual escape valve operated since
man found a means to express himself. His searing visions of a civilisation veering
disastrously off course, into the abyss of spectacle and consumption, moral and
intellectual bankruptcy, has never felt more relevant than at the present time, when
global ideologies are shifting at a rapid rate, fanned by economic and environmental
crises. Perhaps more alarming is the `post-political’ resignation which accompanies
these wider developments, and the general consensus of the contemporary mass
media that the return of religion has emerged as the most important factor in global
politics and culture today. In his prophetic visions, underpinned by spiritual and
utopian yearning, Cheung finds a compressed sign for these economic, political and
spiritual crises. He is a William Blake for our times (Text by Paul Hobson Director of
the Contemporary Art Society for the catalogue of solo show at the New Art Gallery
Walsall 2009).
Gordon is represented by Alan Cristea
www.gordoncheung.com
historical moment. He continues a long-standing artistic tradition of imagining the
end of civilisation, a form of emotional and spiritual escape valve operated since
man found a means to express himself. His searing visions of a civilisation veering
disastrously off course, into the abyss of spectacle and consumption, moral and
intellectual bankruptcy, has never felt more relevant than at the present time, when
global ideologies are shifting at a rapid rate, fanned by economic and environmental
crises. Perhaps more alarming is the `post-political’ resignation which accompanies
these wider developments, and the general consensus of the contemporary mass
media that the return of religion has emerged as the most important factor in global
politics and culture today. In his prophetic visions, underpinned by spiritual and
utopian yearning, Cheung finds a compressed sign for these economic, political and
spiritual crises. He is a William Blake for our times (Text by Paul Hobson Director of
the Contemporary Art Society for the catalogue of solo show at the New Art Gallery
Walsall 2009).
Gordon is represented by Alan Cristea
www.gordoncheung.com
