Kelly
Lycan

GROUP & COLLABORATION

The Manner In Which Seeing Takes Place

Group Exhibition: Living It, with Kelly Lycan, Karen Ngan, Peggy Ngan, Etienne Zack

January 15, 2005

Centre A external link, Vancouver

Curated by Sally Lee

The Manner In Which Seeing Takes Place reconfigures Lycan's existing work. Combined artwork, as well as personal belongings, are presented in the exhibition. Through the process of renegotiation, everything is new. Sediment and sentiment shape the installation. A particular mode of display commodifies it. Entropy dissolves it. This installation is an insular representation of the aesthetics of art, home and work. A space of engagement is created using these three components. Every piece and scrap is taken from the artist's apartment. It is the place of display that has changed. A dialogue between objects and histories results in both intimate personal investigations and art processes. A form of life creates a form of art (Bourriaud). A form of art creates a form of life.