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31/5/2002

Ken Lum

L.A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt

Exhibiton from June 1 st to July 20th, 2002. The artist will be present at the opening.

The creations of the Canadian artist Ken Lum invariably find themselves on the borderline of sign and language. Lum applies a modern kind of iconography, which comprises both subjects and typography; migration and identity are recurrent themes. In one series, produced in the late eighties and early nineties, portraits of one or several persons in certain situations are confronted with their titles. The programmatic nature of these titles is made obvious by their bold typography and garish background colors.

In the Shopkeeper Series, store signs of, for example, a small motel, a fast-food restaurant or a hairdresser’s with their typical inscriptions are combined, seemingly casually, with subtitles scrambled together from pin letters. The subtitles introduce a socio-political dimension as they shed light on the situations of the owners and customers of these fictional -yet typical- stores.

Ken Lum is participating in this year’s Documenta 11 in Kassel with a large work created especially for the exhibition.

L.A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht
Domstrasse 6 D-60311 Frankfurt Germany
Tue-Fri 12.00 - 19.00 Sat 11.00 - 16.00

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