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Chair, Savage Chair (Raw Edition 2021)
This is a chair. It was designed by Jay Sae Jung Oh and made by Jay Sae Jung Oh. It is dated 2021 and we acquired it in 2021. Its medium is leather cord, plastic, plywood, found objects. It is a part of the department.
Jay Sae Jun Oh’s furniture design mines her biographical experience and remixes traditional craft techniques to comment on cultural values and environmental responsibilities. This armchair is composed of found household objects and discarded everyday items, ranging from a plastic tricycle to water bottles, that are laboriously hand-wrapped in leather cord. Oh considers the final product a type of self-portrait.
It is credited Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, and General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 83.8 × 94 × 91.4 cm (33 × 37 × 36 in.)
Cite this object as
Chair, Savage Chair (Raw Edition 2021); Designed by Jay Sae Jung Oh (Korean, born 1982); leather cord, plastic, plywood, found objects; H x W x D: 83.8 × 94 × 91.4 cm (33 × 37 × 36 in.); Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, and General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2021-41-1
