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Bernice Lum is a visual artist based, born and
raised in Toronto, and represented by Galerie Youn
in Montreal. Her latest body of work of vintage
wooden bowling pins made into iconic characters
deals with mass media, mass culture, celebrity, ice
cream and everything sugar and nice. The iconic
characters of her work are memorable moments
in time that influenced and inspired her. Her pins
appeared with Galerie Youn in a sold-out show at Pulse Contemporary Art
Fair during Miami Art Basel Week (Dec. 2018).
REMEMBER ME
By Bernice Lum
Artist Statement
This piece was inspired by a CBC interview with Jann Arden who spoke
about her mother (before she passed away) who was suffering from
Alzheimer's. She asked her mother if she would forget her and her mother
replied: "My mind might but my heart won't." From that interview, Bernice
came up with the idea of creating "Remember Me" to resemble a "Love
Heart" candy to evoke memories, nostalgia, familiarity, sentimentality,
a little humour, some fun and most of all, lots of love.
