Ken Lum, Pi

Ken Lum

Canadian · b. 1956 · Sculptor, Photographer

Kenneth Robert Lum, OC DFA is a Canadian and American artist, academic, and curator. Lum's artistic practice spans multiple media including painting, sculpture and photography.… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Ken Lum, Miss Vancouver, 1987, chromogenic print, enamel, Plexiglas, aluminumMiss VancouverPhillips · $13,750≈ £8,199≈ €9,896Sign up to see
  2. Ken Lum, Shirley's Bakery, 2001, Plexiglas, enamel and lacquered aluminum, in artist's frameShirley's BakeryPhillips · $10,965≈ £8,116≈ €9,562Sign up to see
  3. Ken Lum, Jim and Susan's Motel, 2000, Plexiglas, plastic letters and enamel in powder-coated lacquered aluminum frameJim and Susan's MotelPhillips · £6,250≈ $10,445≈ €7,583Sign up to see

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Kenneth Robert Lum, OC DFA is a Canadian and American artist, academic, and curator. Lum's artistic practice spans multiple media including painting, sculpture and photography. His playfully politically oriented works, which range from conceptual to representational, often explore themes of identity linked to language, portraiture, and spatial politics. Since 2012, Lum has taught as a Professor of Fine Art in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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Born 1956, VancouverOccupation Sculptor, PhotographerWikidata Q2583093 ↗ULAN 500061035 ↗Museum works 2

In the collections of

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Museum Boijmans Van BeuningenNational Gallery of CanadaNational Museum of World Cultures

Museum representation from open data (Wikidata, museum collection datasets); links go to the museum or its collection record.

conceptual art

Also known as Kenneth Robert Lum, Yinting Lin

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Ken Lum, Pi
Pi2006
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Gugerell, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Ken Lum, Monument for East Vancouver
Monument for East Vancouver2010
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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