Edel Assanti, London
Gordon Cheung
Tears of Paradise (study), 2020
Financial Times stock listings, archival inkjet, sand and acrylic on canvas
31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches
Shipping Location: London, UK
In 'Tears of Paradise' Gordon Cheung witnesses and interprets the emergence of China as a twenty first century global superpower, framing current events in the context of the “Century of...
In 'Tears of Paradise' Gordon Cheung witnesses and interprets the emergence of China as a twenty first century global superpower, framing current events in the context of the “Century of Humiliation” and the opium wars.
The lines sprawling across the floating land mass in the painting, rendered in sand, depict the vast infrastructural projects of the past decade designed to connect the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and Greater Bay Area, which encompass a group of major cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Dongguan, as well as Macau and Hong Kong. These infrastructural projects include the longest sea bridge in the world, 3000km of highways and over 2200km of high speed railway.