Broke Commandments, 2011
Pyrographic laser etching with 20-30 layers of vaporised Financial Times newspaper on tulipwood
Edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs
36.5 x 26 x 3 cm
14 1/2 x 10 x 1 in
14 1/2 x 10 x 1 in
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Broke Commandments alludes to an episode of the Old Testament (Exodus 32:19), during which Moses smashes the tablet of stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Cheung's technique, an act of...
Broke Commandments alludes to an episode of the Old Testament (Exodus 32:19), during which Moses smashes the tablet of stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Cheung's technique, an act of violent inscription, here creates the image of destruction. Gustave Doré's illustration of this Biblical verse (c.1858), an engraving that has been widely reproduced and circulated on the internet, is the original image on which this pyrographic laser etching is based.