2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series: Yvonne Osei
For Laumeier's 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series, conceptual artist Yvonne Osei will create a large-scale custom made garment to occupy the breadth and width of the gallery, resulting in an installation where textiles create landscape. Inspired by both the physical and cultural landscape of the Park, Osei weaves design motifs from her home country of Ghana with her photographic and videographic documentation of the Park. A series of public performances and social media collaboration culminates in an installation of fashion as sculpture and a series of large-scale photographs, engaging the indoor / outdoor relationship between the gallery and the Park. Here, Osei continues her inquiry utilizing the import of fashion as a medium to celebrate diversity in culture and nature.