A monochromatic photo-based installation of re-purposed objects and re-visioned collections, WHITE HOT: A White Flea Market, looks at ideas of value and the relationships between market culture and visual culture. Throughout the exhibition, using a range of display and representational strategies, Lycan restyled the installation of objects borrowed, scavenged and created by herself and other invited artists.

"WHITE HOT calls into question our preconceived notions of the value and definition of art as well as the function of the art gallery as a site for encountering elevated art objects or images. The exhibition title itself poses an initial question: What is a flea market doing in a gallery? Then we might ask, what kind of flea market brings together art, commodities, collections, and display items, all under the roof of an artist run centre? And why are some for sale and some not? But unlike the chaotic experience of most flea markets, this space is permeated by a certain stylistic unity, a decidedly more precious ambiance. Here issues around style and taste are being used to disrupt our dominant codes of value, meaning, and aesthetics."

Excerpt from Marina Roy’s essay accompanying the exhibition.