Ken Lum

Ken Lum, Camille Georgeson-Usher, Alex Alberro

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Steidl Verlag
10 December 2024

Photography & photographs

'Ken Lum's work suggests that we look at our surroundings more curiously, noticing who passes us on the street, and how we might engage with the world in ways we hadn't considered.' - Camille Georgeson-Usher

This book presents over four decades of Ken Lum's multidisci- plinary practice, which spans conceptual art to installation and delves into universal themes of identity and urban life. Lum's influential work, with its focus on cross-cultural dialogue and the complexities of the modern world, resonates globally—be it painting, sculpture, photography, or public art projects that engage with individual and collective identity in the context of historical trauma and the complications of memory. Shaped by a keen sense of humanity and a wide knowledge of history and literature, Lum is a visionary who has consistently challenged societal norms, the ruling classes, religious suppression and rac- ism, among other horrors which we continue to inflict upon each other. This publication presents a sweep of Lum's photographic series, at once descriptive and disruptive, personal and political, including ""Portrait/Logos"" (1984-86), ""Portrait/Repeated Text Works"" (1993 to present) and ""Image Mirrors"" (2021); as well as his work with Monument Lab, a public art project he co-founded with urban geographer Paul Farber which fosters critical con- versation around the past, present and future of monuments.

By: Ken Lum
Text by: Camille Georgeson-Usher, Alex Alberro
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 248mm,
Weight: 1.800kg
ISBN: 9783969993484
ISBN 10: 3969993482
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ken Lum is a Canadian artist with an extensive international exhibition record. He is co-founder and senior curatorial advisor to Monument Lab, a public art and history think- tank. Lum is a prolific writer and essayist on art, culture and public space. His curatorial history includes co-curating ""Shanghai Modern: 1919- 1945,"" the Sharjah Biennial 7 and ""Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia,"" as well as project managing ""The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994."" Lum is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design in Philadelphia.

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Ken Lum, Camille Georgeson-Usher, Alex Alberro

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