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This product is unbelievably delicious
2001-2002

Medium
ramie, nylon, metal, silk thread, lead pencil, ink dyes, cotton

Measurements
214.0 × 31.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2002
© Meredith Rowe

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
South Korea; Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
2002.132

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Long fabric length hand printed and embellished with Korean based imagery. The longer section (Greige Korean handmade ramie) features a printed pattern of seaweed jelly cups derived from the products packaging, hand written annotations in pencil and appliqued kimchi pots (used to ferment cabbage and chilli).The shorter beige square section (Chinese machine made ramie) at one end features printed imagery of the four symbols of the Sth Korean flag (heaven, earth, fire, water). Thirteen enamelled hairclips decorate one edge.