80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to Benefit the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to Benefit the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
New Order Flowers by a Stone Vase (after Peter Faes, 1786)
Lot Closed
February 8, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
11,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gordon Cheung
b. 1975 London, UK
New Order Flowers by a Stone Vase (after Peter Faes, 1786)
Painted in 2021.
Giclee on canvas
29 1/2 x 22 in (74.93 x 55.88 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist
Contemporary artist Gordon Cheung has developed an innovative approach to painting, which blurs the line between virtual and actual reality to reflect on the modern concern for the loss of utopia as seen in the current state of affairs in our capitalist society. Exploring these themes through animation and appropriation, Cheung applies a range of references in his work including culture, mythology, religion, and politics. His dreamlike spaces of urban surreal dystopias originate from his childhood experiences in the 1970s and 1980s. Cheung graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1998 from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and earned his Masters of Fine Arts in 2001 from the Royal College of Art in London. Some notable achievements include a commission for the Laing Art Solo Award in 2006 and the Arts Council England International Art Award in 2003. His work has been featured in several solo shows including at Volta in New York, Room Gallery in London, Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, Galerie Adler in Frankfurt; and Unosunove Gallery in Rome, among others. His works are held in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., the Whitworth Art Museum in Manchester, the Royal College of Art in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others. He lives and works in London.
