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    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023
    Gordon Cheung, Thucydides Trap, 2023

    Thucydides Trap, 2023

    Financial Times newspaper, wood glue, and polystyrene on thermoplastic polymer
    125 x 55 x 34 cm
    49 x 21 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
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    The sculptures are created from Financial Times newspapers which draw inspiration from traditional Chinese ‘scholar’s rocks’ or ‘spirit stones’. Embodying microcosms of landscapes they are meditative focal points between nature...
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    The sculptures are created from Financial Times newspapers which draw inspiration from traditional Chinese ‘scholar’s rocks’ or ‘spirit stones’. Embodying microcosms of landscapes they are meditative focal points between nature and civilisation, the sculptures reflect on a world formed by datascapes shaped by the light speed movements of capital that creates both utopias and dystopias.

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    The Garden of Perfect Brightness, The Atkinson, Southport, UK (06/03/2023 to 09/09/2023)
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