Evan Lee: Fugazi

Evan Lee’s “Fugazi” is a Critique on the Diamond Industry and its Fabrication of Value

By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate At first glance, the floor to ceiling images appear to simply be arrays of colour blended within geometric shapes. But an even closer look begs us to see that the photographs are in fact enlarged extreme close-ups of prism-like objects that look like diamonds, and the colours are products of light refractions passing through. This is Evan Lee’s photo-based installation Fugazi, set to remain until April of next year at SFU Vancouver’s Teck Gallery. The exposition, which opened May 11, features two large-scale images that fill the entirety of two opposite walls. Just as we think…

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