22 June – 29 August 2004
Denise Kum’s practise revolves around sculpture and installation, sometimes using digital images and video, using materials that are fluid in nature such as plastics, chemicals, oils and industrial by-products. The materials have come together to create a walk through sensory/tactile installation and environment created around the notion of additives – the smells inherent in cleaning products and disinfectants, the artificial colour injected in plastic and the flavours of confectionary.
Denise Kum is a New Zealand born artist who now lives and works in London. She completed her MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2000. She has exhibited in group shows in London, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. Previous exhibitions have included Arcadia in the City, Marble Hill House, London, 2001; Everyday: the 11 Biennale of Syndey in 1998; Trans-fusion at the Hong Kong Arts Centre and The Auckland City Art Gallery in 1996 and Localities of Desire – New Worlds of Contemporary Art at the MOCA, Sydney in 1994. Denise Kum has also exhibited in artist run galleries and alternative spaces. Her work is collected in the FT.com collection, The Financial Times, London; The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington; The Chartwell Collection of New Zealand and the Saatchi and Saatchi Collection, Wellington.
