Osaka Ohsho, Yoonmi Nam

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Yoonmi Nam, artist
born 1974
Osaka Ohsho, 2015
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: casting; porcelain; glaze
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 6.5 x 22 x 21.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 2 9/16 x 8 11/16 x 8 7/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2016.0023.a
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Brosseau Center for Learning: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Access

Osaka Ohsho is a global Japanese restaurant chain that serves dumplings. Born in Korea and now working at KU, Yoonmi Nam explores the idea of contradictions through her international background and personal experience. Using ceramic, paper, and lithography, she transforms the form of a disposable delivery box into a durable porcelain sculpture. The familiar but strange materials allow us to observe the temporary but lasting things and our obvious but easily neglected identities and history.

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