Translated Vase, Yeesookyung (born 1963)

Artist Yeesookyung created this dynamic sculpture by piecing together broken ceramics and covering the seams with gold. In Korean, the words “crack” and “gold” are homonyms, both called “geum.” Yee stated: “I wanted to add a sense of humor to my work by filling “geums” (cracks), which are considered as defects, with a valuable material, such as real “geum” (gold).”