Ken Lum, Little Krista & Mr. Policeman, c. 1991 (BG3028). Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
Physical Description
- Medium
- C-print
- Support
- paper
- Dimensions
- 33.9 cm 49.6 cm (Frame)
- Object Description
- Ken Lum's Little Krista and Mr. Policeman is part of his Portrait-Logo Series, in which Lum explores how photographic references become stereotypes in individual representation. In billboard advertising, corporate typographic text establishes a sense of familiarity with the subjects in the photograph, proclaiming their identity and situation. Lum’s Portrait-Logo Series, which he began in 1984, uses the visual aspects and language of advertising to highlight the tension between marginalized subjects’ rights and those of society.
History
- Collection
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Permanent Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of June Binkert, 2007
- Related Exhibitions
- Start Somewhere Else: Works from the Collection
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