“I remember doing it in New York at the Artist’s Space, which is a well-known gallery, and asking Valerie Smith, who was the curator there, [what she thought.] And she said, “well, the response has been interesting. People have come in and they said: do you not have a show on?” And they’d be standing right in front of the sculpture. But they would also do a double take.”
Art & Influence
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Ken Lum, Red Circle, 1986
Fabric, wood, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund. Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery