Edel Assanti company logo
Edel Assanti
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Online Exhibitions
  • Fairs
  • Media
  • News
  • Events
  • Store
  • Gallery
Cart
0 items £
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

Artworks

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gordon Cheung, Lines in the Sand (Unknown Knowns), 2016

Gordon Cheung

Lines in the Sand (Unknown Knowns), 2016
Financial Times stock listings, archival inkjet, acrylic, sand and pumice on linen and aluminium

200 x 450 cm (triptych)
78 3/4 x 177 1/8 in.
Copyright the artist
View on a Wall
Gordon Cheung: “Lines in the Sand superimposes middle east oil and gas pipeline maps on an Institute of War map delineating ISIS territory as of January 2016, when the terrorist group...
Read more
Gordon Cheung: “Lines in the Sand superimposes middle east oil and gas pipeline maps on an Institute of War map delineating ISIS territory as of January 2016, when the terrorist group declared the creation of a modern day Caliphate. I have removed the borders of nations so that the pipelines are what demarcate the land, reminiscent of the Nazca lines. I sourced the backdrop image of Mount Sinai from Google Earth and rendered it like a hovering fata morgana. Under the freedom of information act, a US organisation called Judicial Watch obtained documents that included memos from the US Defence Intelligence Agency that called ISIS a ‘strategic asset’. As Nietzsche cautioned: 'He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.'”
Close full details
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
272 
of  293

Privacy policy

Cookie Policy

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

1B Little Titchfield Street

London W1W 7BU

+44 (0)20 7637 8537

Email us

Copyright © 2024 Edel Assanti

Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Edel Assanti
Site by Artlogic

This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please visit our Privacy Policy to find out more about how we use cookies on our site. 

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Join our mailing list

Signup

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.