{"id":2393,"date":"2019-02-04T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2019-12-24T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:15:33","slug":"dominique-cheng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/dominique-cheng","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Cheng"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n1331 (Southeast)<\/em>
\n20″x24″; ink on Dura-lar sheet, gouache, collage; 2013<\/p>\n

Dominique Cheng
\nToronto, Ontario, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dominique Cheng’s illustration work stems from an incurable obsession with the world of cartography and aviation that began in 2007 with a project entitled “Planespotting”–a speculative project about the landing approach into the former Hong Kong International Airport. The “1331” Series, which began in 2013, belongs to a larger study of deconstructive cartography; more specifically, it refers to the purposeful reduction of a map to one of its aspects, through the erasure of known information and bricolage. The series was created to trace the inextricable relationship between the growth of a city and its airport. The resultant “map” is stripped of any reference to a specific geographical location–no text or borders are indicated. Instead, the architecture of the city is represented as a dense network of signs and shapes that are tentatively held together by a unifying stroke–the flight path. The physical drawings themselves are multilayered in composition, comprising transparent Dura-lar sheets on which the line work is imprinted and clippings of printed media superimposed. Each formal layer could be seen to signify a specific point of view or perspective of the city.<\/p>\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dominique Cheng (b. 1979) is an architect (by training) and illustrator\/installation artist (by choice). Recently, his work has been featured in The Site Magazine<\/em>, Warehouse Journal<\/em> (University of Manitoba), Testing Ground Journal<\/em> (University of Greenwich), and Drawing Futures<\/em> (Bartlett University). He is the recipient of the OAA Architectural Concept Award (2016) and was a Finalist for the prestigious Arte Laguna Prize in Venice (2016).<\/p>\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

[click to email<\/a>]
\nwww.dominiquecheng.com<\/a><\/p>\n

IMAGES<\/p>\n

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\n1331 (Southeast II)<\/em>
\n20″x24″; ink on Dura-lar sheet, gouache, collage; 2013<\/p>\n

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\n1331 (Northeast)<\/em>
\n20″x24″; ink on Dura-lar sheet, gouache, collage; 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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