Gordon Cheung’s Legends of the Lake (Nanjing) will be featured in the upcoming group exhibition “All About Eve” at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
Date: 7 February 2025 - 8 March 2025
Location: Kristin Hjellegjerde (36 Tanner St, London SE1 3LD, UK)
Co-curated by Soheila Sokhanvari and Kristin Hjellegjerde, the exhibition’s title is taken from the 1950 film of the same name, which follows the tale of Margo Channing, an aging Broadway star, whose career is threatened by the younger, more ambitious Eve. Drawing on the film’s complex dynamics of rivalry, power, and vulnerability, the exhibition traces the history of patriarchy and misogyny, right back to the Biblical story of creation, exploring everything from religious rituals and cosmology to contemporary forms of gender-based inequality.
A still life painting by Gordon Cheung titled Legends of the Lake (Nanjing) also considers the consequences of human action. Through a distorted image of a Chinese Imperial scroll painting that forms the background of the work, Cheung reflects on the theft of cultural heritage and the erasure of history. Meanwhile, in the foreground, wilting flowers and stock listings comment on the environmental and social toll of humanity’s insatiable pursuit of wealth and knowledge, mirroring the ways women are often consumed and erased by forces of power and ownership.
Photo credit: Gordon Cheung Studios
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All About Eve | 7 February - 8 March 2025 - Overview | Kristin Hjellegjerde
